IPL 2023: Which player has hit the longest-recorded six in IPL history?
Albie Morkel owns the record of the longest six in IPL. Measuring 118 meters (387 feet) for Chennai Super Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2010 season.
Also, Chris Gayle hit the longest-recorded six in IPL history. The six was hit off a delivery from Pravin Tambe and measured a distance of 117 meters.
Not only did the Punjab side hand the high-flying Titans only their second loss of the season. The match saw Liam Livingstone hammer the longest six of the ongoing editions. Livingstone’s monstrous hit saw the Englishman enter the top ten list of the longest sixes in the IPL history.
Facing Mohammed Shami in the 16th over, Livingstone hammered the Indian pacer for the longest six of the seasons. The shot was a maximum of 117m which left everyone in awe. Shami also appreciates Livingstone for the maximum. While he deposited the ball into the top tier of the DY Patil Stadium.
Livingstone’s shot, saw skipper Mayank Agarwal jump out from his seat in the dugout. Livingstone hammered Shami for 28 runs in the over as Punjab Kings went on to win the match by 8 wickets. While Livingstone has featured four times in the top 10 list of the longest maximums this season. The longest six in the IPL took in the inaugural edition of the mega domestic league.
With the 16th edition of the tournament being played this year. Albie Morkel’s record is yet to be broken, Here is the list:
List of biggest sixes in IPL History:
List of biggest sixes in IPL history:
BATTER | SIX DISTANCE(METER) | YEAR |
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ALBIE MORKEL | 125 | 2008 |
PRAVEEN KUMAR | 124 | 2008 |
ADAM GILCHRIST | 122 | 2011 |
ROBIN UTHAPPA | 120 | 2010 |
CHRIS GAYLE | 119 | 2013 |
YUVRAJ SINGH | 119 | 2009 |
ROSS TAYLOR | 119 | 2008 |
GAUTAM GAMBHIR | 117 | 2013 |
BEN CUTTING | 117 | 2016 |
LIAM LIVINGSTONE | 117 | 2022 |
List of biggest sixes in IPL 2022:
List of biggest sixes in IPL 2022:
BATTER | BOWLER | SIX DISTANCE (METER) |
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LIAM LIVING STONE | MOHAMMED SHAMI | 117 |
TIM DAVID | T NATRAJAN | 114 |
DEWALD BREVIS | RAHUL CHAHAR | 112 |
LIAM LIVING STONE | MUKESH CHOUDHARY | 108 |
NICHOLAS POORAN | ANRICH NORTJE | 108 |
JOS BUTTLER | KULDEEP YADAV | 105 |
LIAM LIVING STONE | WANINDU HASARANGA | 105 |
MARCUS STOINIS | MURUGAN ASHWIN | 104 |
DEWALD BREVIS | RAHUL CHAHAR | 102 |
SHIVAM DUBE | JOSH HAZLE WOOD | 102 |
ROVMAN POWELL | UMRAN MALIK | 102 |