The Indian Premier League is a professional T20 cricket championship held annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The IPL is a short-form cricket tournament that emphasizes entertainment and aggression over the strategic and paced nature of ODI or Test cricket. Dot balls are a rare sight in the IPL and most batsmen prefer to go for boundaries.
Boundaries generate the most runs in cricket and are essential in producing an exciting innings. There are two types of boundaries in cricket: Four, when the ball leaves the field in contact with the ground and Six, when the ball leaves the field in the air.
The sixth is the most explosive limit and incites the greatest reactions from the crowd present. A four is a safe option, but many batsmen prefer to hit sixes, even if it means risking being caught. There are some players in the IPL and the world who have hit more sixes than fours in their career. Today we take a look at these players. Dive in to read the list of players and teams with the most sixes in IPL history (2008-2023).
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Most Sixes in IPL by players
Chris Gayle holds the record for most sixes in IPL history. And it is unlikely that any other cricketer can match his destructive batting and even come close to touching his incredible record of 357 sixes.
Rohit Sharma, who continues to lead Mumbai Indians as captain and who has a few good years left in his career, is in second place with 255 sixes.
AB de Villiers is in third position with 251 sixes.
|
Position |
Player |
Six |
|
1 |
Chris Gayle |
357 |
|
2 |
Rohit Sharma |
255 |
|
3 |
AB de Villiers |
251 |
|
4 |
MS Dhoni |
239 |
|
5 |
Virat Kohli |
2. 3. 4 |
|
6 |
David Warner |
226 |
|
7 |
Kieron Pollard |
223 |
|
8 |
Suresh Raina |
203 |
|
9 |
Andre Russell |
193 |
|
10 |
Shane Watson |
190 |
|
eleven |
Robin Uthappa |
182 |
|
12 |
Sanju Samson |
182 |
|
13 |
Ambati Rayudu |
171 |
|
14 |
KL Rahul |
168 |
|
fifteen |
Yusuf Pathan |
158 |
|
sixteen |
Glenn Maxwell |
158 |
|
17 |
Yuvraj Singh |
149 |
|
18 |
Jose Butler |
149 |
|
19 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
148 |
|
twenty |
Faf du Plessis |
145 |
|
twenty-one |
Dinesh Karthik |
139 |
|
22 |
nitish frog |
131 |
|
23 |
Brendon McCullum |
130 |
|
24 |
RISHABH PANTS |
129 |
| 25 | David Miller | 126 |
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More sixes per team
Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are head to head in the list of teams with the most sixes in the Indian Premier League.
|
Range |
equipment |
Six |
|
1 |
Bombay Indians |
1541 |
|
2 |
Royal challengers from Bangalore |
1484 |
|
3 |
Kings of Punjab |
1393 |
|
4 |
Chennai Super Kings |
1391 |
|
5 |
Riders of the Knights of Calcutta |
1351 |
|
6 |
Capitals of Delhi |
1214 |
|
7 |
Rajasthan Royals |
1123 |
|
8 |
Sunrise Hyderabad |
861 |
|
9 |
Deccan Chargers |
400 |
|
10 |
Lucknow Supergiants |
230 |
|
eleven |
Warriors of Pune India |
196 |
|
12 |
Gujarat Titans |
181 |
|
13 |
Rising Pune Supergiant |
157 |
|
14 |
Gujarat Lions |
155 |
|
fifteen |
Kochi Kerala Fangs |
53 |
Related: Top run scorers in IPL (2008-2023)
More sixes in an innings
Universe boss Chris Gayle strikes again! The great West Indies batsman appears five times in the list of players who have had the most six hits in a single innings. Gayle smashed a record 17 sixes in his historic record of 175 unbeaten runs in the 2013 IPL.
|
Range |
Player |
Careers |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
Correct percentage |
Opposition |
|
1 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
175* |
66 |
13 |
17 |
265.15 |
VP |
|
2 |
Brendon McCullum (KKR) |
158* |
73 |
10 |
13 |
216.43 |
RCB |
|
3 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
128* |
62 |
7 |
13 |
206.45 |
D.D. |
|
4 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
117 |
57 |
7 |
12 |
205.26 |
KXIP |
|
5 |
AB de Villiers (RCB) |
129* |
52 |
10 |
12 |
248.07 |
guj lions |
|
6 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (MI) |
114* |
48 |
9 |
eleven |
237.50 |
CSK |
|
7 |
Murali Vijay (CSK) |
127 |
56 |
8 |
eleven |
226.78 |
RR |
|
8 |
Andre Russell (KKR) |
88* |
36 |
1 |
eleven |
244.44 |
CSK |
|
9 |
Chris Gayle (KXIP) |
104* |
63 |
1 |
eleven |
165.07 |
SSR |
|
10 |
Adam Gilchrist (DEC) |
109* |
47 |
9 |
10 |
231.91 |
MY |
|
eleven |
Sanju Samson (RR) |
92* |
Four. Five |
2 |
10 |
204.44 |
RCB |
|
12 |
Shreyas Iyer (DD) |
93* |
40 |
3 |
10 |
232.50 |
kkr |
|
13 |
Kieron Pollard (MI) |
83 |
31 |
3 |
10 |
267.74 |
KXIP |
|
14 |
Quinton de Kock (LSG) |
140* |
70 |
10 |
10 |
200.00 |
kkr |
|
fifteen |
Michael Hussey (CSK) |
116* |
54 |
8 |
9 |
214.81 |
KXIP |
Also Read: Fastest Centuries in IPL (2008-2023)
Most Sixes in an IPL season
Chris Gayle tops this list again. He hit 59 sixes in the 2013 IPL season. Gayle’s West Indies teammate and KKR all-rounder Andre Russell, also known as Russell Muscles, came close to breaking Gayle’s record in 2019 after hitting 52 sixes . English batsman Jos Buttler is another addition to the list, thanks to his four centuries in the IPL 2022. Butler hit 45 sixes.
|
Range |
Player |
Six |
IPL year |
|
1 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
59 |
2012 |
|
2 |
Andre Russell (KKR) |
52 |
2019 |
|
3 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
51 |
2013 |
|
4 |
Jos Butler (RR) |
Four. Five |
2022 |
|
5 |
Chris Gayle (RCB) |
44 |
2011 |
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