ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has finished the year as the world’s leading six-hitting side in men’s T20Is, marking a major shift in the team’s white-ball strategy under head coach Mike Hesson and captain Salman Ali Agha.
Pakistan struck 235 sixes, the highest tally among all teams. West Indies followed with 214, Bangladesh with 206, New Zealand with 135 and Australia with 128.
India hit 116 sixes in 17 matches and did not make it to the top five. However, with five T20Is still remaining in their 2025 schedule, they have a strong chance of breaking into the leading group.
Cricket analysts say Pakistan’s rise is even more impressive given the conditions in which many of their matches were played. A large portion of Pakistan’s T20Is this year were low-scoring, spin-friendly contests in Bangladesh, the UAE and the West Indies, conditions that generally limit power-hitting.
Even at home, Pakistan prepared spin-assisting pitches as part of their buildup for the T20 World Cup in February 2026, to be held in India and Sri Lanka.
Despite the difficult surfaces, Pakistan’s batters adapted to a more aggressive blueprint introduced by Hesson and backed strongly by Salman Ali Agha, who urged the team to play bold, attacking cricket.
For Pakistan, Sahibzada Farhan led the six-hitting charts with 45 sixes in 26 matches. Rising star Hassan Nawaz followed with 34 sixes in 25 games, while Saim Ayub added 28 sixes in 29 innings.
Farhan also finished as the leading six-hitter in all T20 cricket this year. He became the first Pakistani to smash 100 T20 sixes in a single calendar year, a landmark achievement that places him among the world’s most destructive hitters.
Only Australia’s Karanbir Singh (122) and West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran (103) hit more sixes globally, underlining Farhan’s explosive rise.
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