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The plunder years

The most ODI sixes by a batsman in a calendar year

AB de Villiers is a crowd-pleaser even without bat in hand, South Africa v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, 1st quarter-final, Sydney, March 18, 2015

AB de Villiers Sixes:58 Year: 2015
Highlights: 149 (44) v WI (fastest hundred), 162* (66) v WI in World Cup  •  Getty Images