Most Sixes Hit in an IPL Season by a Player

Dixit Bhargav | 20/05/2023
Most Sixes Hit in an IPL Season by a Player

Universe Boss Chris Gayle holds the record for hitting most sixes in an Indian Premier League season. As a matter of fact, four entries among the Top Six in the list of most sixes hit in an IPL season by a player belong to Gayle. The same provides enough a hint about the West Indian cricketer being an unmatched force to reckon with during his peak.

Interestingly, the Top Three spots in this list are occupied by West Indian cricketers. Topmost among Indian cricketers, former Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli shares the sixth spot with Gayle for hitting 38 sixes during IPL 2016.

Gayle, meanwhile, is the only player to feature five times among the Top 15 in this particular aspect. In what was his second season of the IPL for Kings XI Punjab, Gayle had hit 34 sixes across 13 innings in the 12th season of the biggest T20 competition around the world.

Most Sixes Hit in an IPL Season by a Player

Sixes Innings Batter Team Year
59 14 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 2012
52 13 Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders 2019
51 16 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 2013
45 17 Jos Buttler Rajasthan Royals 2022
44 12 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 2011
38 14 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 2015
38 16 Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bangalore 2016

Most Sixes Hit by a CSK Player in an IPL Season

The conversation around most sixes hit in a season was initiated after Chennai Super Kings batter Shivam Dube hit three of them in the ongoing IPL 2023 Match 67 against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Dube, who is only behind Royal Challengers captain Faf du Plessis (36) in the list of most sixes hit in IPL 2023, has hit a total of 33 sixes thus far.

In the middle of a career-best IPL season, the left-handed batter needs to hit three more sixes to overdo former Super Kings all-rounder Shane Watson‘s record of hitting 35 sixes. With CSK most likely to qualify for the playoffs this season, Dube will get more opportunities to break Watson’s record.

Sixes Innings Batter Year
35 15 Shane Watson 2018
34 16 Dwayne Smith 2014
34 16 Ambati Rayudu 2018
33 12 Shivam Dube 2023
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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About the author

Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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