Longest Six In Cricket: Most Sixes In IPL History

Earlier, we have gone through players who hit the longest six in cricket history with their immersive power and batting techniques who were having big names like Shahid Afiridi, Brett Lee, Corey Anderson and many other big hitters of international cricket who have amazed every fan in the World. In today’s article, we will be telling you about the 3 unknown players from one of the most-watched cricket leagues in the World with the batters who have hit the most sixes in IPL History.

Longest Six in Cricket: Most Sixes in IPL History

1. Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle was one of the most dangerous batters in international cricket who was known for his six-hitting ability in the shortest format of the game. This Former West Indies legend has made his IPL debut from the Kolkata franchise in the 2009 auction. However, his journey didn't go well with them as a year later. He was picked up by the Bangalore team in 2011 under the captaincy of New Zealand's spin bowler Daniel Vittori, where they emerged as the runners-up of the 2011 season.

The 2011 squad of RCB had star-studded players like AB de Villers, Zaheer Khan, and Mohammad Kaif, a destructive batter like Gayle at the top order, making them a balanced attacking team. Gayle scored 678 runs, which is the most runs in IPL during a single season in 2011.

Christopher Henry Gayle has played 142 games in his IPL career from 2009-2021, where he has scored 4695 runs with an average of 39.72, which includes 6 hundreds. The Universal Boss has retired from international cricket in 2021. But he still holds a record of hitting the Most sixes in IPL history with 357 sixes. The hard-hitting batsman has been seen enjoying his life outside the pitch, where he is involved in several post-match presentations in major cricket leagues around the World.

2. Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has got an incredible talent for timing the ball perfectly. He made his ODI debut for the Indian team in 2007 against Ireland, where he scored 57 runs off 22 balls that helped the Men in Blue to win the game by 3 wickets. A year later, the Right-hand batsman made it into the T20I World Cup 2007, which was won by the Indian team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. 

Talking about Rohit Sharma's IPl records, we have got a complete list of records under the name of Hitman for many years. One of the records is hitting the second-most sixes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history. The Mumbai-born batsman has hit 275 sixes in 251 games, which includes 2 hundred and 6515 runs, which is the fourth most runs in IPL history.

Rohit has also made Mumbai Indians win 5 IPL trophies under his captaincy. Rohit has been in sublime form in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he is the leading run-scorer from the Mumbai-based franchise in the Indian Premier League.

3. AB de Villiers

The former South African batter has been known as one of the best batters in International cricket, who has got everything from saving the runs behind the wickets to finishing the innings for his team. AB de Villiers represented the South African team from 2004 to 2018, where he scored more than 8000 runs in 114 matches, including 22 hundred with an average of 50 in all three formats.

De Villiers made his IPL debut from Delhi Capitals team in IPL 2022 under the captaincy of Virendra Sehwag. However, he didn’t get so many chances to play and got to play in only 6 games, where he scored just 95 runs. In the next season, he scored the third most runs in IPL history after scoring 456 runs in 15 games after Hussey and Gilchrist with a strike rate of 130.99. 

de Villers's best form came under Royal Challengers Bangalore when he was picked up by the Bangalore-based franchise in 2011. He made his debut for RCB under the leadership of Daniel Vittori and helped his team to reach the finals of 2011. 2016 was one the best seasons for the South African batter, where he scored 687 runs in 16 matches with an average of 52.0, which also includes 1 hundred.

AB de Villiers IPL career, the former South African batter has played 184 games of the IPL where he has scored 5126 runs, which includes 3 hundreds with an average of 39. He also holds the record for hitting the third-highest number of sixes in IPL history.