The IPL 2024 season has gone very well. Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 final by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets. This year some records were made which will be very difficult to break in the future. The case of maximum number of sixes being hit in a T20 match is a unique season in the history of IPL, it seems that we may get to see something like this in the future also. In this we will talk about how many sixes have been hit so far in IPL and who has hit the most sixes in this season.
1260 sixes were hit in IPL 2024, which is more than any previous season. Before this, more than a thousand sixes were hit only in 2023 and 2022. There were 1062 sixes in 2022 and 1124 sixes in 2023.
| Year | Sixes | Match |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 622 | 59 |
| 2009 | 506 | 59 |
| 2010 | 585 | 60 |
| 2011 | 639 | 74 |
| 2012 | 731 | 76 |
| 2013 | 672 | 76 |
| 2014 | 714 | 60 |
| 2015 | 692 | 60 |
| 2016 | 638 | 60 |
| 2017 | 705 | 60 |
| 2018 | 872 | 60 |
| 2019 | 784 | 60 |
| 2020 | 734 | 60 |
| 2021 | 687 | 60 |
| 2022 | 1062 | 74 |
| 2023 | 1124 | 74 |
| 2024 | 1260 | 74 |
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is at the first place among the batsmen who have hit the most sixes in IPL. He hit 59 sixes in a single season while playing for Royal Challenger Bangalore in 2012, after which no batsman has been able to match him and probably no one else will.
| Season | Player | Team | sixes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SanathJayasuriya | Mumbai Indians | 31 |
| 2009 | Adam Gilchrist | Deccan Chargers | 29 |
| 2010 | Robin Uthappa | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 27 |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 44 |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 59 |
| 2013 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 51 |
| 2014 | Glenn Maxwell | Punjab Kings | 36 |
| 2015 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 38 |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 38 |
| 2017 | Glenn Maxwell | Punjab Kings | 26 |
| 2018 | Rishabh Pant | Delhi Capitals | 37 |
| 2019 | Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 52 |
| 2020 | Ishan Kishan | Mumbai Indians | > 30 |
| 2021 | KL Rahul | Punjab Kings | 30 |
| 2022 | Jos Butler | Rajasthan Royals | 45 |
| 2023 | Faf du Plessis | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 36 |
| 2024 | Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 42 |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad is at the forefront in terms of hitting most sixes in IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad has hit 178 sixes, which shows how good this team is at hitting the ball far and scoring big runs. Fans have enjoyed watching him play. In the final of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad team could not score big and lost to Kolkata Knight Riders.
| Season | Team | Sixes | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Punjab Kings | 95 | 15 |
| 2009 | Deccan Chargers | 99 | 16 |
| 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | 97 | 16 |
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Benagluru | 94 | 16 |
| 2012 | Royal Challengers Benagluru | 117 | 16 |
| 2013 | Mumbai Indians | 117 | 19 |
| 2014 | Punjab Kings | 127 | 17 |
| 2015 | Mumbai Indians | 120 | 16 |
| 2016 | Royal Challengers Benagluru | 142 | 16 |
| 2017 | Mumbai Indians | 117 | 17 |
| 2018 | Chennai Super Kings | 145 | 16 |
| 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 143 | 14 |
| 2020 | Mumbai Indians | 137 | 16 |
| 2021 | Chennai Super Kings | 115 | 16 |
| 2022 | Rajasthan Royals | 137 | 17 |
| 2023 | Mumbai Indians | 140 | 16 |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 178 | 16 |
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