IPL 2024 has more than 650 sixes by 39 matches.
One of the highly anticipated league of the country is going on a full blow and everyone was waiting for the 17th season of IPL. The Tickets are getting sold like Lightning McQueen. Last year Champions, Chennai Super Kings are back in the game and the player for whom everyone was waiting for Mr. Thala, The Mahendra Singh Dhoni is back in the IPL 2024 after his knee injury. Suresh Raina recently confirmed that he will play next season.
One of the most thrilling moment of the IPL is nothing but a maximum and there are so many maximum that turn around the whole fate of the match in a second. Today we are going to learn who hit most number of sixes in IPL especially in this 17th season.
The “Universal Boss” is standing at the top of table with most amount of sixes of all time in the IPL. Though, Mr. Gayle left the IPL after playing his last season 2021. From India, One of the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma a.k.a. hit most number of sixes in IPL.
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It is biggest honour given to bowlers for their spectacular performance. A bowler can turn around the whole match with a flick of fingers. In the last season, we see some of the finest bowling performances of all time. Mohammed Shami showcase his talent and got himself in the World Cup ODI team. Purple Cap Saga Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel is standing on a same pedestal with 32 wickets each in the whole season. Chennai Super Kings consecutively won the purple cap 3 times and 2 times it was won by DJ Bravo. Bhuvneshwaar Kumrar is the only bowler in the list to have won it twice consecutively for the same team SRH. In the last year edition of IPL, 3 exceptionally skilled bowlers were in the race of purple cap. They all belong to the same team. After Shami, Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan was chasing Shami in the race of purple cap in 2023 season. This shows the determination of the bowlers also the competitiveness of this cap. After the last world cup, Shami went into rehabilitation to recover from the major injury in his ankle. The injury was so massive that he have to skip T20 World Cup tour 2024. Here is a complete list of Purple cap winner since 2008 to till date: Year Player Name Team Wickets taken 2008 Sohail Tanvir Rajasthan Royals 22 2009 RP Singh Deccan Charges 23 2010 Pragyan Ojha Deccan Charges 21 2011 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 28 2012 Morne Morkel Delhi Daredevils 25 2013 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 32 2014 Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 23 2015 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 26 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 23 2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 26 2018 Andrew Tye Kings XI Punjab 24 2019 Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings 26 2020 Kagiso Rabada Delhi Capitals 30 2021 Harshal Patel Royal Challengers Bengaluru 32 2022 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals 27 2023 Mohammed Shami Gujarat Titans 28 2024 TBD TBD TBD Purple Cap list (2008-2024) For more such insightful information, Stay tuned to cricoworld.com Toggle panel: JNews : Override Fake Counter Override View Counter Setting enable this option to override view counter setting Override Share Counter Setting enable this option to override Share counter setting Override Like Counter Setting enable this option to override Like counter setting Override Dislike Counter Setting enable this option to override Dislike counter setting Toggle panel: JNews : Single Post Setting Toggle panel: Yoast SEO SEO Readability Inclusive language Schema Social Focus keyphraseHelp on choosing the perfect focus keyphrase(Opens in a new browser tab) Get related keyphrases(Opens in a new browser tab) Search appearance Determine how your post should look in the search results. 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Top 10 most number of sixes in IPL of all time:
| Name of the Player | Matches | Teams | No. of Sixes |
| Chris Gayle | 142 | KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB | 357 |
| Rohit Sharma | 251 | DCH/MI | 275 |
| AB de Villers | 184 | DC/RCB | 251 |
| Virat Kohli | 245 | RCB | 250 |
| MS Dhoni | 258 | CSK/RPS | 247 |
| David Warner | 183 | DC/SRH | 236 |
| Kieron Pollard | 189 | MI | 223 |
| Andre Russell | 119 | DC/KKR | 203 |
| Suresh Raina | 205 | CSK/GL | 203 |
| Sanju Samson | 160 | DC/RR | 195 |
Chris Gayle is sitting at the top of the table with one of the lesser number of matches than next 6 players. So, it is clear that he is the “Universal Boss” and he also hold the record of fastest hundred in the IPL in just 30 balls.
Top 10 highest number of sixes in IPL 2024:
| Name of the Player | Matches | Team | Number of Sixes |
| Heinrich Klassen | 7 | SRH | 26 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 7 | SRH | 24 |
| Shivam Dube | 8 | CSK | 22 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 8 | LSG | 22 |
| Riyan Parag | 8 | RR | 20 |
| Sunil Narine | 7 | KKR | 20 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 8 | RCB | 19 |
| Travis Head | 6 | SRH | 18 |
| Rohit Sharma | 8 | MI | 18 |
| Virat Kohli | 8 | RCB | 16 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad is one of the most unpredictable and most ferocious team in the IPL 2024. They have the highest number of runs in the powerplay in the IPL 2024. Moreover, they also have highest recorded the highest target runs of 287 against RCB in the IPL history. Heinrich Klassen play as an opener for SRH and has performed really well in the IPL 2024. People are anticipating that teams are ready for the T20 World Cup.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Heinrich Klassen of SRH has scored most number of sixes in IPL 2024.
RCB’s captain Faf du Plessis hit most number of sixes in IPL 2023.
In the last season of IPL 1,124 sixes has been hit and in this season within 39 matches more than 650 sixes has been hit by now and in the coming matches we will see more number of sixes.
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It is biggest honour given to bowlers for their spectacular performance. A bowler can turn around the whole match with a flick of fingers. In the last season, we see some of the finest bowling performances of all time. Mohammed Shami showcase his talent and got himself in the World Cup ODI team. Purple Cap Saga Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel is standing on a same pedestal with 32 wickets each in the whole season. Chennai Super Kings consecutively won the purple cap 3 times and 2 times it was won by DJ Bravo. Bhuvneshwaar Kumrar is the only bowler in the list to have won it twice consecutively for the same team SRH. In the last year edition of IPL, 3 exceptionally skilled bowlers were in the race of purple cap. They all belong to the same team. After Shami, Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan was chasing Shami in the race of purple cap in 2023 season. This shows the determination of the bowlers also the competitiveness of this cap. After the last world cup, Shami went into rehabilitation to recover from the major injury in his ankle. The injury was so massive that he have to skip T20 World Cup tour 2024. Here is a complete list of Purple cap winner since 2008 to till date: Year Player Name Team Wickets taken 2008 Sohail Tanvir Rajasthan Royals 22 2009 RP Singh Deccan Charges 23 2010 Pragyan Ojha Deccan Charges 21 2011 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 28 2012 Morne Morkel Delhi Daredevils 25 2013 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 32 2014 Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 23 2015 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 26 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 23 2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 26 2018 Andrew Tye Kings XI Punjab 24 2019 Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings 26 2020 Kagiso Rabada Delhi Capitals 30 2021 Harshal Patel Royal Challengers Bengaluru 32 2022 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals 27 2023 Mohammed Shami Gujarat Titans 28 2024 TBD TBD TBD Purple Cap list (2008-2024) For more such insightful information, Stay tuned to cricoworld.com Toggle panel: JNews : Override Fake Counter Override View Counter Setting enable this option to override view counter setting Override Share Counter Setting enable this option to override Share counter setting Override Like Counter Setting enable this option to override Like counter setting Override Dislike Counter Setting enable this option to override Dislike counter setting Toggle panel: JNews : Single Post Setting Toggle panel: Yoast SEO SEO Readability Inclusive language Schema Social Focus keyphraseHelp on choosing the perfect focus keyphrase(Opens in a new browser tab) Get related keyphrases(Opens in a new browser tab) Search appearance Determine how your post should look in the search results. 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It is biggest honour given to bowlers for their spectacular performance. A bowler can turn around the whole match with a flick of fingers. In the last season, we see some of the finest bowling performances of all time. Mohammed Shami showcase his talent and got himself in the World Cup ODI team. Purple Cap Saga Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel is standing on a same pedestal with 32 wickets each in the whole season. Chennai Super Kings consecutively won the purple cap 3 times and 2 times it was won by DJ Bravo. Bhuvneshwaar Kumrar is the only bowler in the list to have won it twice consecutively for the same team SRH. In the last year edition of IPL, 3 exceptionally skilled bowlers were in the race of purple cap. They all belong to the same team. After Shami, Mohit Sharma and Rashid Khan was chasing Shami in the race of purple cap in 2023 season. This shows the determination of the bowlers also the competitiveness of this cap. After the last world cup, Shami went into rehabilitation to recover from the major injury in his ankle. The injury was so massive that he have to skip T20 World Cup tour 2024. Here is a complete list of Purple cap winner since 2008 to till date: Year Player Name Team Wickets taken 2008 Sohail Tanvir Rajasthan Royals 22 2009 RP Singh Deccan Charges 23 2010 Pragyan Ojha Deccan Charges 21 2011 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians 28 2012 Morne Morkel Delhi Daredevils 25 2013 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 32 2014 Mohit Sharma Chennai Super Kings 23 2015 Dwayne Bravo Chennai Super Kings 26 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 23 2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Sunrisers Hyderabad 26 2018 Andrew Tye Kings XI Punjab 24 2019 Imran Tahir Chennai Super Kings 26 2020 Kagiso Rabada Delhi Capitals 30 2021 Harshal Patel Royal Challengers Bengaluru 32 2022 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals 27 2023 Mohammed Shami Gujarat Titans 28 2024 TBD TBD TBD Purple Cap list (2008-2024) For more such insightful information, Stay tuned to cricoworld.com Toggle panel: JNews : Override Fake Counter Override View Counter Setting enable this option to override view counter setting Override Share Counter Setting enable this option to override Share counter setting Override Like Counter Setting enable this option to override Like counter setting Override Dislike Counter Setting enable this option to override Dislike counter setting Toggle panel: JNews : Single Post Setting Toggle panel: Yoast SEO SEO Readability Inclusive language Schema Social Focus keyphraseHelp on choosing the perfect focus keyphrase(Opens in a new browser tab) Get related keyphrases(Opens in a new browser tab) Search appearance Determine how your post should look in the search results. 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