Openers who dared to hit first-ball of the inning for six

List of openers who dared to put the inning’s first ball into stands in International matches:

#	Date	Venue	Format	BatTeam	Opposition	Batsman	Bowler	Link
1	1992-12-30	Auckland	ODI	New Zealand	Pakistan	Mark Greatbatch	Wasim Akram	link
2	1998-10-31	Dhaka	ODI	West Indies	India	Philo Wallace	Javagal Srinath	link
3	2004-02-08	Sydney	ODI	India	Ausalia	Virender Sehwag	Jason Gillespie	link
4	2008-06-20	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	T20	West Indies	Australia	XM Marshall	B Lee	link
5	2009-02-27	Westpac Stadium	T20	New Zealand	India	JD Ryder	IK Pathan	link
6	2010-05-06	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	T20	Pakistan	England	Kamran Akmal	RJ Sidebottom	link
7	2012-03-24	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	T20	Afghanistan	Ireland	Karim Sadiq	WB Rankin	link
8	2012-06-30	Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground	T20	West Indies	New Zealand	DR Smith	NL McCullum	link
9	2012-11-13	Shere Bangla National Stadium	Test	West Indies	Bangladesh	CH Gayle	Sohag Gazi	link
10	2014-03-09	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	T20	West Indies	England	DR Smith	SCJ Broad	link
11	2013-11-30	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	T20	Afghanistan	Ireland	Mohammad Shahzad	MC Sorensen	link
12	2016-03-15	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha	T20	New Zealand	India	MJ Guptill	R Ashwin	link
13	2016-08-13	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Test	Australia	Sri Lanka	DA Warner	MDK Perera	link
14	2017-05-24	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	ODI	Bangladesh	New Zealand	Tamim Iqbal	JS Patel	link

List of openers who dared to put the inning’s first ball into stands in domestic leagues:

#	Date	Venue	Format	BatTeam	Opposition	Batsman	Bowler	Link
1	2009-04-23	Newlands	T20	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata Knight Riders	YK Pathan	BAW Mendis	link
2	2009-05-20	Kingsmead	T20	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata Knight Riders	NV Ojha	BJ Hodge	link
3	2010-03-21	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk	T20	Kings XI Punjab	Chennai Super Kings	DPMD Jayawardene	M Muralitharan	link
4	2012-04-15	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	T20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals	MA Agarwal	J Botha	link
5	2017-01-05	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	T20	Brisbane Heat	Perth Scorchers	JJ Peirson	DJ Willey	link
6	2018-03-02	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	T20	Lahore Qalandars	Islamabad United	BB McCullum	Mohammad Sami	link
7	2018-05-15	Eden Gardens	T20	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajasthan Royals	SP Narine	K Gowtham	link
8	2019-04-30	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	T20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Rajasthan Royals	V Kohli	VR Aaron	link
9	2019-05-02	Wankhede Stadium	T20	Mumbai Indians	Sunrisers Hyderabad	HH Pandya	Rashid Khan	link