The “fact” about Sachin Tendulkar’s sixes against Wasim Akram that has been doing rounds on social media is... not a fact.
You might have come across the “fact” on one of the many social media platforms. Or you will, at some point, given the legendary stature of its subjects. According to the forward, Wasim had been hit for 12 sixes across the 356 ODIs he had played. Of these, Tendulkar had hit nine. One can see why the “fact” attained virality.
This post, for example, has over 36,000 likes:
