chris gayle has hit most sixes in ipl tournaments.
chris gayle has hit most sixes in ipl tournaments.
who has hit most sixes in ipl tournaments?
chris gayle
during the 2012 indian premier league players auction, he was bought by the delhi daredevils for a sum of $450,000. ahead of the 2014 season he was bought by kolkata knight riders and has been seen as a key batsman for the team in the later overs of matches. for his performances in 2015, he was named in the cricinfo ipl xi for the season he was on course to win the ipl super striker award in 2018, awarded for having the highest strike rate in the tournament, before being pipped by his teammate sunil narine. he eventually won it next year in the 2019 ipl, where he had a record ipl season strike rate of over 205, and was also announced as the player of the tournament. in an otherwise unsuccessful season, he emerged as both the highest run scorer and the highest wicket taker for his team, while also being the third highest run scorer in the tournament. he hit 52 sixes in the tournament ; only chris gayle has hit more sixes in any single season of the ipl.
andre russell
overall, 22453 runs were scored at an average of 26.2 with an overall run rate of 7.82. 857 wickets fell in the whole of the tournament. both the number of runs and of wickets are the most that has occurred in one tournament out of all five ipl tournaments. during the course of this tournament, pace bowlers took 531 wickets with an average of 27.20 and average run rate of 7.81 whereas spinners took 241 wickets at an average of 31.35 and average run rate of 7.41. overall, 6 centuries were scored. ipl 2008 and ipl 2011 also had the same amount of centuries. in this tournament, 96 fifties were scored, which was the most in any edition of the ipl. this edition also saw 1911 fours, 2 fours less than previous edition of 2011 indian premier league. 731 sixes were also scored, which was another record for a season. on the other hand, this edition had only 2 instances in which a single bowler took 5 wicket haul within his quota of 4 overs as per the rules of twenty20 cricket.
2012 indian premier league