What are the most expensive overs in T20I Cricket?

T20 is the most aggressive form of the game. The format has evolved out of the 50-over cricket over the past two decades and has become one of the more popular ones.

The fans too, are always excited to witness a T20 game because of the aggression shown by batters. As the overs are reduced, the onus is generally on the batsmen to score big to put a massive total on the scoreboard. 

The aggression from the batsmen would mean one thing - A nightmare for the bowlers. Sometimes, when the batsman is playing with intent, the bowlers are on the brink of conceding ransoms in an over.

In this article, The Sporting News takes a look at the most expensive overs in T20I history.

What are the most expensive over in T20I Cricket?

Stuart Broad bowled one of the most expensive overs in the T20I format at the 2007 World Cup.  Yuvraj Singh tonked six sixes off his blade off Stuart Broad's final over of his spell. In the penultimate over in the Indian innings, the southpaw scored six maximums for the first time in an over in T20I cricket.  This was the aftermath of a verbal battle between England's Andrew Flintoff and standing batter Yuvraj Singh. 

It is noteworthy that West Indies' power-hitter Kieron Pollard also sent Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dhananjaya for six sixes in an over in T20 Cricket. The West Indian hammered six sixes off his blade, 14 years after Yuvraj Singh's record, in 2021. Chasing 132, Pollard scored 36 runs In the final over of the batting powerplay (6th over) against Dhananjaya. 

On Wednesday, Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh joined the party was the duo hit 36 runs off Karim Janat's final over in the third T20I between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru.

List of the most expensive overs in T20Is

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