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Ben Stokes tops WTC sixes list, Rishabh Pant second
Ben Stokes leads the list of most sixes in World Test Championship history, with Rishabh Pant in second place, according to data reported by Zeenews. Shubman Gill also features in the top…
The Story in Brief
Ben Stokes leads the list of most sixes in World Test Championship history, with Rishabh Pant in second place, according to data reported by Zeenews. Shubman Gill also features in the top 10. The rankings include players from all WTC cycles since 2019. The full list shows the dominance of aggressive stroke-makers in the championship’s brief history.
The Indian Opinion
The usual hand-wringing about Test cricket dying often targets aggressive batting as the culprit. Yet the six-hitting leaders in the World Test Championship, Stokes, Pant, Gill, are also among the most successful batsmen in the format’s hardest phase. Hitting sixes does not equal recklessness; it is a skill that wins matches. The real test is whether these players maintain their strike rates without a drop in average over the next two WTC cycles. If they do, the old narrative will need a rewrite.
Source: zeenews.india.com
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