The Indian Premier League (IPL) is not only a cricketing extravaganza but also a festival of big hits and towering sixes. 

The league has witnessed some incredible displays of power hitting over the years, with players smashing the ball out of the park with ease. Now that the 15th season of the IPL has started, let's take a look at the top 8 players who have hit the most sixes in IPL history.

This should give you an idea of which players will likely score more sixes this season before you place your bets on an IPL betting app.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, the 'Universe Boss,' tops the list of most sixes in IPL history.

The West Indian opener has smashed a total of 351 sixes in his IPL career, playing for teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI Punjab, and Kolkata Knight Riders. Gayle has been a dominant force in the league, and his ability to hit big shots has earned him a reputation as one of the greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

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AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers is known for his incredible athleticism and unorthodox batting style. The South African has scored 235 sixes in IPL history, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. De Villiers has been instrumental in his team's success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes at crucial moments has won him many admirers.

MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni, the former Indian captain, is known for his finishing abilities and his ability to hit the ball a long way. Dhoni has scored 216 sixes in IPL history, playing for Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni's leadership and batting prowess have been crucial to Chennai Super Kings' success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes has made him a fan favourite.

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is known for his elegant batting style and his ability to hit the ball a long way. The Indian opener has scored 213 sixes in IPL history, playing for Mumbai Indians. Sharma's leadership and batting have been instrumental in Mumbai Indians' success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes has made him one of the most feared batsmen in the league.

Virat Kholi

Virat Kohli is known for his aggressive batting style and his ability to score runs at a rapid pace. 

The Indian captain has scored 201 sixes in IPL history, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli's leadership and batting have been crucial to Royal Challengers Bangalore's success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes has made him a force to be reckoned with.

Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina is known for his flamboyant batting style and his ability to hit the ball a long way. 

The left-handed batsman has scored 199 sixes in IPL history, playing for Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Lions. Raina's batting has been crucial to Chennai Super Kings' success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes has made him a valuable asset to any team he plays for.

David Warner

David Warner, the Australian opener, is known for his aggressive batting style and his ability to hit the ball a long way. The left-handed batsman has scored 195 sixes in IPL history, playing for teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils. 

Warner's leadership and batting have been crucial to Sunrisers Hyderabad's success over the years, and his ability to hit big sixes has made him one of the most dangerous batsmen in the league.

Kieron Pollard

Pollard, the hard-hitting all-rounder from the West Indies, is known for his power-hitting and his ability to clear the boundary with ease. 

The Mumbai Indians player has smashed 194 sixes in IPL history, making him one of the most destructive batsmen in the league. Pollard's ability to hit sixes in the death overs has won his team many matches, and his contributions have been crucial to Mumbai Indians' success over the years.

Wrap Up

The IPL has witnessed some incredible displays of power hitting over the years. These players have redefined the art of power-hitting, and their contributions have been crucial to their team's success over the years.

We can expect to see more big hits and towering sixes from some of the league's most exciting players. The IPL has become one of the most popular events in the world of cricket, and its success can be attributed to the incredible talent and passion of its players.

This year's IPL has already started and the final is scheduled on May 28, 2023.

On this day, exactly 10 years ago, Virat Kohli was given the captaincy of the Indian Test team. He took over the responsibility of captaining the Indian Test team after Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Kohli captained the Indian Test team for almost 8 years, and Rohit Sharma has been leading India in Test cricket since 2022.

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Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni are the captains who have won the ICC trophy for India. On the other side, Virat Kohli could never win an ICC tournament as captain. However, when the discussion is about Test cricket, as a leader he appears miles ahead of both Dhoni and Rohit.

On this day, let us know what heights he touched in red-ball cricket and why Kohli's legacy as Test captain remains an example even today.

India lost only 17 tests under Virat's captaincy

Under Kohli's captaincy, Team India played 68 Tests, out of which it won 40 and lost 17 matches. Whereas 11 tests ended in a draw. In this way, Virat Kohli's tenure as Test captain was very successful. Kohli has been the most successful Indian Test captain.

Kohli also performed brilliantly as a batsman, especially on the pitches of countries like Australia, South Africa, England, and New Zealand.

Kohli's legacy as Test captain on Indian soil

Virat Kohli took over the Test captaincy in late 2014 and led the team in 31 home Tests. Under his leadership, India emerged victorious in 24 matches, while suffering only 2 losses, one against Australia and another against England.

India won the test series in Australia for the first time

In the year 2018-19, Team India had to go to Australia to play the Border Gavaskar Trophy, no one expected that the Team would do anything special on this tour. But, Virat had his eyes only on the trophy. 

Kohli led India to a 2-1 victory in this series with his attacking captaincy. In which the victories in Adelaide and Melbourne were historic, and Virat also became the first Indian and Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia.

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Virat Kohli's records in Test cricket

Currently, Kohli is playing in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He has played 120 Test matches so far, in which he has scored 9163 runs in 205 innings at an average of 47.72. During this period he has also scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries. His highest score in Test cricket has been 254* runs.

Virat Kohli’s unusual dismissal in the Australia vs India 2nd Test in Adelaide has raised concerns over his current form. This year has been challenging for him. Virat scored a brilliant century (100* off 143) in the Perth Test, he scored his last Test half-century (70) against New Zealand in October 2024 in the first Test of the home series. But apart from these knocks, he has endured a disappointing season so far.

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In the Perth Test, Virat Kohli scored a century after a long time. After this, the fans were hopeful that Kohli would continue his form in Adelaide also, but he proved to be a flop in front of the pink ball. Virat Kohli had scored only 7 and 11 runs in the first and second innings of the Adelaide Test respectively.

Notably, Virat Kohli's figures at the Adelaide Oval ground are quite impressive, but this time Virat's bat remained quiet in Adelaide. Kohli scored only 18 runs in both the innings of this match, which is Kohli's lowest score in a Test match in Australia in the last 12 years. That means he had scored more than 18 runs in every test match played in Australia in the last 12 years. Due to this poor performance, Kohli's average in Test cricket has also declined. Virat's average in Tests is now 47.72. Before this match, his average was 48.13.

To evaluate King Kohli's performance, it’s important to examine Virat Kohli's scores in the last 10 Test innings and analyze what the statistics reveal.

Virat Kohl's scores | Last 10 innings

In the last 10 innings, Virat Kohli's scores have been 7, 11, 5, 100*, 4, 1, 1, 17, 0, and 70.  Virat is under pressure to prove once again that he is India’s top batter across all formats. He needs to convert his starts into substantial knocks to improve his low Test average this year.

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Virat Kohli's Test Career

Virat Kohli has played 120 matches so far in his Test career and has scored 9,163 runs, with an average of 47.72. Kohli has hit 1022 fours and 30 sixes in his Test career.

Kohli has scored 30 centuries and 31 half-centuries with his bat in the longest format. His best score has been 254* and he has scored the most runs (2,165) in his Test career against Australia.

Australia has taken a huge lead of 157 runs over India by scoring 337 runs in its first innings on the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. For Australia, Travis Head scored a brilliant 140 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne made an important contribution of 64 runs. From India, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj bowled brilliantly and took four wickets each. Both of them together took 8 wickets in their name.

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India won the toss and elected to bat first, which backfired as Mitchell Starc turned into a monster with the pink ball and ran through India's batting line-up. India were bowled out for 180 runs and Starc picked up six wickets to his name. Australia, however, looked the opposite of India with the bat as they seemed untroubled by Indian bowlers. 

Travis Head's aggressive century

With Travis Head's aggressive century, Australia took a huge lead of 152 runs over India by scoring 332 runs for eight wickets till the dinner break in its first innings on Saturday, the second day of the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Head, who opened his account with a brilliant four against Jasprit Bumrah (four wickets for 59 runs) on the second day of the day-night Test match, completed the eighth century of his Test career in 111 balls. Mohammad Siraj gave him life by taking a catch on Ashwin's ball at the score of 76 runs.

Head was troubled by Bumrah's balls in the beginning of the innings but he did not let the pressure dominate him by continuing to score runs by attacking other bowlers.

Brilliant fifty by Labuschagne 

Marnus Labuschagne was not in form for a long time and before this match, there was debate about his place in the team. He had started troubling India with the 26th half-century of his Test career when Yashasvi Jaiswal took a brilliant catch on the ball of young all-rounder Nitish Reddy and ended his innings.

While experienced Steve Smith (two), who came to the crease, failed even once with the bat. He was caught by Pant while trying to flick the ball of Bumrah.

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Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease

At present, the play of the third session of the second day of the day-night test is going on in Adelaide. India scored 100 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the second innings. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are at the crease. KL Rahul was out after scoring 7 runs, Virat Kohli 11, Shubhman Gill 28 and Yashasvi Jaiswal 24 runs. Scott Boland got 2 wickets. Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc got 1-1 success.

In the second Test being played between India and Australia, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma was out after scoring just 3 runs off 23 balls in the first innings. He was dismissed by Scott Boland in the first inning, which raised the question on his test form again.

In the last 11 Test innings, Rohit has not been able to score any big runs. Rohit was unavailable for the first test and joined the team for the second test after the birth of his new born son. However, he was not back at his favourite position as KL Rahul's good show at the top of the order made him come down to middle order for the pink ball test.

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To evaluate Hitman’s performance, it’s important to examine Rohit Sharma's scores in the last 10 Test innings and analyze what the statistics reveal.

Rohit Sharma's scores | Last 10 Matches

In the last 11 innings, Rohit Sharma's scores have been 6, 5, 23, 8, 2, 52, 0, 8,18, 11, and 3. During this period his average has been only 12.36. He scored his last Test century (103) against England in March 2024 in the fifth Test of the home series. 

37-year-old batter has played 12 tests in the year 2024 and only scored 91 runs in 22 innings at an average of 28.14 with 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries to his name. Rohit needs to improve his performance to prove that he still has cricket left in him and can be an asset in the crucial Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2025.

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Rohit Sharma's Test Career

Rohit played his first test match in 2013 against the West Indies. He has played 65 matches for India so far and scored 4,273 runs in 112 innings at an average of 41.89.

He has scored 12 centuries and 18 half-centuries with his bat in the longest format. His best score has been 212and he has scored the most runs (1,1147) in his Test career against England.

Indian team batsman Abhishek Sharma performed brilliantly in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and scored a century in just 28 balls against Meghalaya. With this, Abhishek has jointly become the second batsman to score the fastest century in the T20 format. in this article, we will discuss the fastest hundreds in T20s.

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Fastest Hundreds in T20s

1# Sahil Chauhan (2024) | 27 Balls

Sahil Chauhan of Estonia holds the record of fastest hundreds in T20s. Chauhan scored a century against Cyprus in just 27 balls in the year 2024. In this match, Sahil had scored unbeaten 144 runs in 41 balls with the help of 6 fours and 18 sixes. His strike rate was 351.21. Sahil Chauhan had created a world record by playing this historic innings in the second innings.

2# 𝗔𝗯𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮 (2024) | 28 Balls

Indian Cricket Team batter Abhishek Sharma smashed a 28-ball century featuring for Punjab against Meghalaya. Sharma joined Urvil Patel to hit the joint fastest hundreds in T20s. The southpaw amassed 106 (29), which featured eight fours and eleven sixes. With 11 sixes against Meghalaya, Abhishek also broke Suryakumar Yadav's record for most sixes in a calendar year by an Asian batter in T20s. Sharma has 87 sixes, two more than SKY. 

3# Urvil Patel (2024) | 28 Balls

While playing for Gujarat in Syed Mushtaq Trophy 2024 against Tripura, Urvil Patel has done a wonderful job by scoring a century in 28 balls in T-20. Urvil has become the batsman to score the joined fastest century in T-20 for India. The right-handed batter made an unbeaten 113 off 35 balls with seven fours and 12 sixes.

4# Chris Gayle (2013) | 30 Balls

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, while playing for the RCB team in 2013, made a record of scoring a century on only 30 balls in the IPL match against Pune Warriors and finished on 175 not out. Gayle also holds the record of hitting fastest century in Indian Premier League. Gayle blasted 17 sixes and 13 fours off just 66 deliveries.

5# Rishabh Pant (2018) | 32 Balls

Indian team's wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant, while playing for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Trophy in 2018, scored a century in only 32 balls in the match against Himachal Pradesh. Pant is now the fifth fastest batsman to score fastest hundreds in T20s. He finished with an unbeaten 38-ball 116. Pant made 104 of his runs in boundaries with 12 sixes and eight fours.