What do you think is the maximum number of runs scored in a single over in IPL?
Hitting a big six or a crisp boundary has been done many times, but doing it again and again in one particular over requires some doing. It demoralises the bowler and the opposition and ensures that the batting team has the momentum.
So far over 17 times 30 or more runs have been scored in a single over in the IPL history.
Listed below are the top 10 most expensive overs in the IPL.
Most Runs Scored in an Over in IPL
| Runs in an Over | Batter/s | Batting Team | The Sequence | Bowler | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Chris Gayle (36) | RCB | 6,6nb,4,4,6,6,4 | Prasanth Parameswaran (Kochi Tuskers) | Bengaluru | 2011 |
| 37 | Ravindra Jadeja (36) | CSK | 6,6,6nb,6,2,6,4 | Harshal Patel (RCB) | Mumbai | 2021 |
| 35 | Pat Cummins (34) | KKR | 6,4,6,6,2nb,4,6 | Daniel Sams (MI) | Pune | 2022 |
| 33 | Suresh Raina (32) | CSK | 6,6,4,4,4nb,4,4 | Parvinder Awana (KXIP) | Mumbai | 2014 |
| 33 | Chris Gayle (24), Manoj Tiwary (2) | KKR | 1,6,6,6,6,5wd,2wd,1 | Ravi Bopara (KXIP) | Kolkata | 2010 |
| 32 | Romario Shepherd (32) | MI | 466646 | Anrich Nortje (DC) | Mumbai | 2024 |
| 31 | Chris Gayle (30), Saurabh Tiwary (1) | RCB | 1,6,6,6,6,6 | Rahul Sharma (Pune Warriors) | Bengaluru | 2012 |
| 31 | Sam Curran (11), Harpreet Singh (18) | PBKS | 6,1wd,4,1,4,6,5nb,4 | Arjun Tendulkar (MI) | Mumbai | 2023 |
| 31 | Rinku Singh (30), Umesh Yadav (1) | KKR | 1,6,6,6,6,6 | Yash Dayal (GT) | Ahmedabad | 2023 |
| 31 | Marcus Stoinis (12), Nicholas Pooran (18) | LSG | 6,1wd,6,W,6,6,6 | Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | Hyderabad | 2023 |
Key Insights
Prasanth Parameswaran and Harshal Patel have delivered the joint-most expensive overs in the IPL. Both bowlers conceded 37 runs each almost a decade apart.
36 runs scored by Chris Gayle (against Kochi Tuskers in 2011) and Ravindra Jadeja (against RCB in 2012) are the joint most by a batter in an over in the league. Gayle’s 36 came off boundaries, while Jadeja’s involved five sixes, a four, and a double run.
Gayle, Jadeja, Rahul Tewatia, and Rinku Singh have smashed five sixes in an over the IPL. Gayle and Rinku (against GT in 2023) hit sixes on five consecutive deliveries.
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