Story byTOI Sports DeskMon, March 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC·1 min readShimron Hetmyer underlined his reputation as one of the most explosive batters in world cricket by setting a new benchmark for six-hitting in a single T20 World Cup edition. The West Indies left-hander became the first player to smash 19 sixes in one tournament, achieving the milestone during the high-pressure Super Eight clash against India at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Most sixes in a T20 World Cup edition19 Shimron Hetmyer (2026)18 Sahibzada Farhan (2026)17 Nicholas Pooran (2024)16 Chris Gayle (2012)16 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (2024)Hetmyer cleared the ropes twice in the must-win encounter to move past Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, who had previously led the charts with 18 sixes in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Farhan, the tournament’s highest run-scorer with 383 runs, has struck 37 fours and two centuries in addition to his 18 maximums.