Longest Six In ICC World Cup 2023: Who Has Hit The Biggest Maximums In The ODI World Cup In India?

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Longest Six in ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell has smashed the biggest maximum of the ongoing tournament with a 107 meters hit during the semi-final clash against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Mitchell surpassed India's Shreyas Iyer's distance of a 106 meters hit against Sri Lanka in the league phase at the same venue in Mumbai. The Indian had also hit a 101 meter six earlier in the tournament against Afghanistan in Delhi.

Australia's Glenn Maxwell with a 104 meter hit had held the top spot until Iyer cleared the distance on Thursday (November 2). Maxwell had struck the biggest maximum in the high-scoring match against New Zealand at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.

Iyer's distance for longest six was breached by Mitchell on Wednesday (November 15). In the same match, India's KL Rahul also struck a mammoth 104 meter hit in the semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (November 15).

Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman and Australian opener David Warner also feature the top 10 for the longest sixes in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 in India. Here is a look at the 90 plus meters sixes list:

Longest Sixes in World Cup 2023

• Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) - 107m vs India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Shreyas Iyer (India) - 106m vs Sri Lanka at Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai
• KL Rahul (India) - 104m vs New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Glenn Maxwell (Australia) - 104m vs New Zealand at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala
• Shreyas Iyer (India) - 101m vs Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi
• Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) - 99m vs Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in Kolkata
• David Warner (Australia) - 98m vs Pakistan at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
• Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) - 98m vs India at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala
• David Miller (South Africa) - 95m vs Australia at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow
• Shubman Gill (India) - 95m vs Netherlands at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
• Ravindra Jadeja (India) - 95m vs South Africa at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Rohit Sharma (India) - 93m vs Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi
• Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) - 93m vs New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
• Shreyas Iyer (India) - 93m vs New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Rohit Sharma (India) - 92m vs Netherlands at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
• Virat Kohli (India) - 92m vs New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Shreyas Iyer (India) - 91m vs Netherlands at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru
• Shreyas Iyer (India) - 91m vs New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) - 90m vs Pakistan at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

There has been calls from cricketers past and present calling for the longest hits to be considered more than six runs. However, the result still remains the same how much ever farther the ball travels.

The tournament in India has also seen the most sixes struck by a team in a single World Cup as South Africa took their tally to 82 maximums, surpassing the previous best of 76 sixes in the 2019 World Cup.

More sixes record may be in sight during the rest of the tournament as Rohit Sharma closes in on Chris Gayle for most sixes in ODI World Cup history and the total number of sixes in a single World Cup was also breached in the 2023 edition.