Abki baar 400 paar: India unleashes six-hit streak to set new world record in 2026

India became the first team in cricket history to hit 400 sixes in a calendar year during the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday.The milestone came in India’s 40th match in 2026, when the batsmen hit 11 sixes to take their total for the year to an even 400. The previous record was held by Austria, who hit 326 sixes in 2025. Among the full-fledged nations, the previous India was the best with 289 sixes in 2022, that too in matches in 2022. So their average increased from 7.2 sixes per match in 2022 to 10 this year.All-rounder Naman Dhir hit his 400th six and edged Blair Tickner over the fine leg boundary in the nineteenth over. India finished their innings on 191/8 with Ishan Kishan hitting five sixes in his 61 off 32 balls, Shreyas Iyer adding four in his 50 off 23 deliveries and Nitish Kumar Reddy contributing another six.India also set a record for most sixes against a single opponent in a calendar year. Of their 400 sixes in 2026, 142 have come against New Zealand.Abhishek Sharma led India’s six-hit tally with 86, followed by Kishan with 60 and Sanju Samson with 50.India’s innings went through three phases, starting with an early loss of wickets, before Iyer and Kishan put together a strong partnership in the middle overs. Their 107-run stand came just over seven runs short and helped India recover from early setbacks.Both batsmen found their rhythm despite some assistance from the pacers from the pitch. However, New Zealand, led by Adam Milne’s four-wicket haul, pulled things back towards the end and restricted India to 191/8 in their 20 overs.India had already taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series heading into the final match.

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