Pune (Maharashtra) [India] : The South African cricket team made history on Wednesday, becoming the team with the most sixes in a single edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup.
The Proteas achieved this record during the World Cup match against New Zealand at Pune.
In the match, South Africa smashed a total of 15 sixes. With this, they took their sixes tally in the tournament to 82.
They have gone past England’s tally of 76 sixes in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
The Proteas have served as a definition of aggressive and bold cricket with their all-round performances in the World Cup so far, a key hallmark of which is their batting. Opener Quinton de Kock with his four World Cup tons and middle-order trio of Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller have led them from the front.
De Kock (18 sixes), Klaasen (17 sixes), Miller (14 sixes), Marco Jansen (9), Markram (8) and Rassie Van der Dussen (7) are have hit the most sixes for the team.
