3 Indians With Most Sixes In IPL History
TATA IPL Record: The T20 format means entertainment and it also means aggressiveness of the batsmen is at peak. In the shortest format, fours and sixes keep the fans more engaging. The T20 cricket is a format that has made cricket much more famous in the whole world and now more countries have started playing tournaments like the IPL.
In IPL, batsmen entertain the audience by hitting boundaries and sixes. So in this segment, today we will tell you about 3 batsmen from India who have smashed the most sixes in the IPL history. Christerpher Henry Gayle is the man who still holds the record for smashing the most sixes in this cash rich league tournament. Gayle had hit 357 maximums in his career of this T20 tournament and he achieved feat from just 142 games.
1. Rohit Sharma -
The former skipper of Mumbai Indians and the current captain of India, Rohit Sharma stands first amongst the Indians in six hitting ability. The HITMAN of Indian Cricket also smashed a ton in his last outing. However, his second ton in the IPL came in a losing cause. In all Sharma ji has scored 272 maximums in his IPL career so far from 249 games.
2. Virat Kohli -
The King of International Cricket, Team India and Indian Premier League, Virat Kohli is on the second position in this list of three. King Kohli is the second Indian batter to smash the most sixes in this cash rich league tournament. Kohli has smashed 248 sixes to his name in 244 IPL matches when he has played for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise side.
3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni –
In the match between MI Vs CSK, we all know how a young wicketkeeper batsman smashed 3 back to back sixes in one over and gathered 20 runs from the last over, which was a decisive factor for the Yellow Army in the end. MS Dhoni is still going strong and smashing the balls out of the park.
In the IPL history, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been with the Chennai Super Kings franchise team since the first edition and till now, he has played 256 games of this cash rich league tournament. So far, Mahi Bhai has smashed 245 sixes in his IPL career and he is not done yet. MSD is also the greatest wicketkeeper, batter, and captain of India and for CSK as well.