The 17th season of the IPL is not too far away. The auction for IPL 2024 is slated for later this month, on December 19.
The enormous success of the Indian Premier League has come from the greats of batting that the league has been blessed with for the past 15 years. Six-hitting has gone on to different, unprecedented levels nowadays than what it had been when the IPL started in 2008.
Here are the top 5 batsmen who have hit most sixes in IPL History:
Chris Gayle – 357 sixes
The Universe Boss Chris Gayle holds the record for most number of sixes in Indian Premier League history. The former RCB and Punjab opener smashed 357 sixes in his Indian Premier League career of 142 matches. Gayle has raised a record 6 Indian Premier League hundreds along with 31 fifties.
Rohit Sharma – 257 sixes
Mumbai Indians captain and opener Rohit Sharma hit 257 sixes in the Indian Premier League in 238 innings. Rohit is the second-highest six-hitter in the IPL, behind only Gayle. Rohit has scored a total of 6211 runs in the Indian Premier League with the help of 1 centuriy and 42 half-centuries.
AB de Villiers – 251 sixes
RCB legendary batsman AB de Villiers in third on the list with most IPL sixes. ABD cracked 251 sixes in his IPL career for RCB and Delhi, featuring in 170 innings. De Villiers has scored 5162 runs at a marvelous strike rate of 151.
MS Dhoni – 239 sixes
CSK skipper MS Dhoni has walloped 239 sixes in his Indian Premier League career of 16 seasons and 250 matches. Dhoni, who has captained CSK to 5 Indian Premier League titles, has also amassed 5082 runs, which is an astonishing feat for a batsman who batted in the middle and lower middle order throughout his IPL career.
Virat Kohli – 234 sixes
Former RCB captain Virat Kohli has clobbered 234 sixes in his Indian Premier League career of 229 Indian Premier League matches so far, and is the only player to play all 16 Indian Premier League seasons for a single franchise. Kohli is the leading run-scorer in Indian Premier League history with 6397 runs, having notched up 4 centuries and a record 61 half-centuries.
