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 OverBatter/sBatting TeamThe SequenceBowlerVenueYear
37Chris Gayle (36)RCB6,6nb,4,4,6,6,4Prasanth Parameswaran (Kochi Tuskers)Bengaluru2011
37Ravindra Jadeja (36)CSK6,6,6nb,6,2,6,4Harshal Patel (RCB)Mumbai2021
35Pat Cummins (34)KKR6,4,6,6,2nb,4,6Daniel Sams (MI)Pune2022
33Suresh Raina (32)CSK6,6,4,4,4nb,4,4Parvinder Awana (KXIP)Mumbai2014
33Chris Gayle (24), Manoj Tiwary (2)KKR1,6,6,6,6,5wd,2wd,1Ravi Bopara (KXIP)Kolkata2010
32Romario Shepherd (32)MI466646Anrich Nortje (DC)Mumbai2024
31Chris Gayle (30), Saurabh Tiwary (1)RCB1,6,6,6,6,6Rahul Sharma (Pune Warriors)Bengaluru2012
31Sam Curran (11), Harpreet Singh (18)PBKS6,1wd,4,1,4,6,5nb,4Arjun Tendulkar (MI)Mumbai2023
31Rinku Singh (30), Umesh Yadav (1)KKR1,6,6,6,6,6Yash Dayal (GT)Ahmedabad2023
31Marcus Stoinis (12), Nicholas Pooran (18)LSG6,1wd,6,W,6,6,6Abhishek Sharma (SRH)Hyderabad2023

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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