The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the biggest T20 league in the world. The entertainment factor is one of the major reasons for its success.
Every year, millions of fans across the globe wait for the IPL to commence. However, one of the major reasons why IPL is considered to be so entertaining is the sixes.
We see so many sixes being hit by numerous players every season. Irrespective of the team you support, you’re always going to cheer for the sixes being hit no matter what. (You can find here the team-wise six-hitting numbers in this article.)
It gets even better for the local Indian fans when they see an Indian batter go on a six-hitting spree. Thus, here we will look at the top 10 Indian six-hitters in the IPL.
Most Sixes by Indian Batters in IPL
| Player | Innings | Sixes |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 267 | 302 |
| Virat Kohli | 259 | 291 |
| MS Dhoni | 242 | 264 |
| Sanju Samson | 172 | 219 |
| KL Rahul | 136 | 208 |
| Suresh Raina | 200 | 203 |
| Robin Uthappa | 197 | 182 |
| Ambati Rayudu | 187 | 173 |
| Rishabh Pant | 123 | 170 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 234 | 161 |
Key Insights
Rohit Sharma has hit the most sixes among Indian players in the history of the IPL. The former MI captain is also second on the list of the most sixes hit by an individual player in the league’s history.
Virat Kohli is unarguably one of the greatest players to have played the IPL. Indian or overseas, no player has scored (over 8000) more runs than him in this league. The marvellous fact about the former RCB captain is his ability to get runs and play the big shots at will consistently.
One interesting thing about Kohli is all of his sixes have come for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which is the most by any player for a single team in the league.
MS Dhoni has been synonymous with six-hitting for quite a while now. The legend has been one of the biggest six-hitters in the history of cricket and the IPL. The fact that he generally bats in the middle order and lower middle order makes it even better. Almost 70 percent of his IPL career sixes have come in the death overs!
As many as 24 Indian players have smashed 100 or more sixes in the IPL. Only half of them have played as openers, while others have batted in the middle or lower order.
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