India first to hit 400 T20I sixes in a calendar year

India became the first team in men's T20I history to hit 400 sixes in a calendar year, reaching the milestone during the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday, 1 November 2026. The landmark came in India's 40th match of 2026, when the batters struck 11 sixes to take the year's tally to exactly 400. All-rounder Naman Dhir hit the 400th six, top-edging a flick off Blair Tickner over fine-leg in the 19th over. India finished at 191/8, with Ishan Kishan hitting five sixes in his 61 off 32 balls and Shreyas Iyer adding four in his 50 off 23 deliveries. The previous record of 326 sixes was held by Austria in 2025. Among full-member nations, India's previous best was 289 sixes in 2022.

Abhishek Sharma led India's six-hitting tally in 2026 with 86, followed by Kishan with 60 and Sanju Samson with 50. India also set a record for most sixes against a single opponent in a calendar year, hitting 142 against New Zealand. The five-match series, which India won 3-2, also saw both sides set all-time T20I run records: India scored 2,266 runs against New Zealand in 2026, the most by one team against any single opponent in a calendar year, while New Zealand's 2,207 runs against India placed them second on that list. Glenn Phillips was the series' leading run-scorer with 341 runs. New Zealand won the final T20I by seven wickets, powered by Tim Seifert's 93 off 50 balls and Adam Milne's 4/19.