IPL 300 sixes in 17 games
IPL 300 sixes in 17 games: IPL 2024 is emerging as one of the best seasons in terms of power hitting with teams smashing 300 sixes in 17 games, breaking last year’s record of 259 after 17 games.
Fans have already witnessed a bonanza of runs in many games, and the highest score of 263 in 20 overs set by Royal Challengers Bangalore, now Bengaluru in 2013 was also broken.
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Teams have set new top two scores in IPL 2024, the power hitting games also contributed much to this record.
Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 277 against Mumbai Indians to set the new highest total ever in IPL history. As many as 38 sixes were hit in that SRH vs MI game, setting a new record.
Most sixes after first 17 IPL matches in a season
| Sixes | Year |
|---|---|
| 300 | 2024 |
| 259 | 2023 |
| 258 | 2020 |
| 245 | 2018 |
| 245 | 2022 |
Kolkata Knight Riders also tried to create a new record but missed by 5 runs and scored 272 in 20 overs.
Sunil Narine created a thunderstorm with his bat at Vishakhapatnam, as his knock of 85 off 39 provided KKR a start to post a huge total.
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29 sixes were hit during the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals.
Heinrich Klaasen, who played the knock of unbeaten 80 off 34 during SRH’s 277 is the leading six-hitter in the league with 17 sixes.
Players with most sixes in IPL 2024
While Sunil Narine is at second spot with 12 sixes, followed by Nicholas Pooran and Riyan Parag both hit 12, and Abhishek Sharma struck 11 sixes.
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Andre Russell, who provided the finishing touch to the huge KKR total with his 41 of 19, was also not behind. Russell hit 10 sixes and carried the best strike-rate among the top-6 batters in the most sixes list.
| Player | Sixes | Strike-rate |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Klaasen | 17 | 219.73 |
| Sunil Narine | 12 | 206.15 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 12 | 175.90 |
| Riyan Parag | 12 | 160.17 |
| Abhsihek Sharma | 11 | 200.00 |
| Andre Russell | 10 | 238.63 |
With 57 games more to be played in the league, the figures can skyrocket, given batters’ increased tendency to trust more on maximums.
