The second T20 match of the five-match series will take place at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, January 25. During the second T20I, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav will have the chance to put himself on an elite list alongside Rohit Sharma. If the 34-year-old right-handed batter connects for a five-six outing, he will become the second Indian to do so and the overall four-batter in the world to reach the mark of 150 in the shortest format of the game.

Surya debuted in T20Is against England in March 2021 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad where he already made a mark with 145 sixes during the first 79 games. Rohit Sharma holds the record of most sixes in the shortest format of the game. It was the captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup-winning Indian team who ended his T20I career with 205 sixes in 159 matches. The 37-year-old right-handed batter is the only cricketer in the world to hit more than 200 runs in sixes in the 20-overs format of the game.

Martin Guptill of New Zealand and Muhammad Waseem of the UAE are the only other batters who have crossed the 150 sixes mark in T20Is—while Guptill called curtains on his 13-year-long T20I career earlier this month with 173 sixes, Mohammed Waseem has scored 158 maximums in 69 T20Is played so far.

Most sixes in T20Is

Rohit Sharma (India) – 205

Martin Guptill (New Zealand) – 173

Muhammad Waseem (UAE) – 158

Nicholas Poran (West Indies) – 149

Jos Buttler (England) – 148

Suryakumar Yadav (India) – 145

Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – 137

David Miller (South Africa) – 130

Paul Stirling (Ireland) – 129

Aaron Finch (Australia) – 125

Jos Buttler, the white-ball captain of England, has bagged 148 sixes in a 130-match run. Consequently, he might have a fair chance of crossing the landmark of 150 sixes during the second ODI of the series.

In the first match played at Kolkata on Wednesday at the Eden Gardens, Buttler was in vivid form. Coming to bat at number three, the flamboyant batsman smashed 68 runs in 44 balls. Buttler also hoisted 8 fours and 2 maximums .