IPL 2018: Five Longest sixes of the tournament

The Twenty-20 format always keeps the fans on the edge of their seats. It provides them with some great entertainment and a few nail-biting games. The format often favours the batsmen and we seldom find the bowlers excel at a consistent basis. All this in the context of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at least.

The batsmen are on the attack most of the times. They always eye to send the ball to the fence and score big for their teams. These boundaries are absolutely spectacular to watch and leave the fans in awe. We have got to witness this brilliance this season as well when the best of the batsmen whacked the bowlers for huge sixes.

Here are the five longest sixes of the tournament:

1. AB de Villiers | 111 M | RCB vs CSK

The man who leads the longest sixes chart this year is the Superman from South Africa. In a game against CSK at the Chinnaswamy, AB de Villiers looked at his destructive best. de Villiers has scored 68 0ff just 30 deliveries in that game which included 8 big sixes and 2 fours.

But the biggest of all came in the 11th over against the ‘Parashakti Express’, Imran Tahir. He has already scored 10 runs before hitting this monster out. On the fourth ball of the over, de Villiers sat down on one knee and smashed the ball over the cow-corner in the roof of the Chinnaswamy. He didn’t even bother to look where the ball headed. The ball must have definitely reached the Cubbon Road and the only option that was left was to replace the ball with a new one.

Watch the 111m monster here

2. MS Dhoni | 108 m | CSK vs DD

With the kind of form, MS Dhoni was in this year, it was almost inevitable that he makes it into this list. He smashed a 108M six in Chennai’s home game against the Delhi Daredevils. He has scored 51 off just 22 balls in that game which helped take the first innings total in excess of 200 in a high-scoring game.

This monster from the bat of MS Dhoni came off the last ball of the 19th over. Avesh Khan, who bowled a good over till that point in time released all the pressure after he bowled a juicy full toss to MS. Mahi didn’t miss out on the opportunity and sent that ball into the orbits. With just a flick of the wrists, and with the powerful bottom hand coming in, he managed to send that ball the distance.

Watch the ‘Mahi Maar Raha Hai’ moment here

3. AB de Villiers | 106 M | DD vs RCB

With the kind of monsters he hit this year, fans would definitely be thinking that this man retired from international cricket too early. He finds himself a spot on this list yet again, this time against the Daredevils at the Kotla. This one also hit the roof although he didn’t manage to clear it.

In the 10th over of the innings, just as RCB was looking to shift gears, Rahul Tewatia bowled a short of length delivery. A player of ABD’s quality wouldn’t miss out on deliveries like this even in the worst of forms. He absolutely lashed on to that one with one of his trademark shots. The ball hit the roof and bounced back into the stadium. ABD has scored 72 off 37 in that innings to see his team through.

Here is the video of this biggie from ABD

4. Andre Russell | 105M | CSK vs KKR

In a high-scoring clash against the Chennai Super Kings, Russell has shown how destructive a player he could be. This was the only game played at Chennai and proved to be a treat for the fans with the home team getting over the line in the last over. Russell was absolutely ruthless in that innings and has scored 88 off just 36.

This 105m six came against one of the best T20 bowlers, DJ Bravo. Bravo leaked 50 runs in the 3 overs he bowled courtesy the onslaught from Russell. Dre-Russ hit this monster in the 17th over. That ball landed on the roof of the Chepauk stadium and new ball had to be fetched. The ball was bowled at 132 clicks by Bravo and Russell might have probably sent it out at over 150 clicks. He put in his everything into that shot.

Watch Russell tonking DJ Bravo out of the ground here

5. AB de Villiers | 105 M | RCB vs SRH

It is AB de Villiers featuring yet again for the third time on this list. This time, his onslaught came against the best bowling attack in the tournament. He has scored 69 off just 39 and this knock helped his team win what was a close fought encounter against SRH.

Basil Thampi, who replaced an injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar for that game had a terrible outing. He conceded 70 runs in his four overs and this big shot which landed on the roof of Chinnaswamy came off his bowling. Thampi bowled a full toss on the middle and leg stump. Mr 360 quickly swivelled across his crease, got into a beautiful position to smash that for a six in the fine leg region. He stood in awe of his own shot after smashing this one.

Watch ABD in awe of his own shot after hitting one on the roof of Chinnaswamy