IPL 2024: Longest sixes in IPL history

In a tournament like IPL, every team needs some players who can hit big sixes at will. These power hitters also allow the fans to enjoy the game in a better way as they want to see some long sixes in the tournament. In the 2023 edition of IPL, Nicholas Pooran smashed a 106-metre six, which was the longest of the season. Some other big hitters like MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson were also able to hit sixes ranging 100 metres.

But who has hit the longest six in the history of the cash-rich league? The answer is former all-rounder Albie Morkel, which is quite a surprising one given the heavyweights like MS Dhoni and Chris Gayle could not top the list. Morkel hit a 125-metre six against Pragyan Ojha back in the first edition i.e. 2008, playing for Chennai Super Kings. In fact, he is the only player to cross the 125-metre mark in IPL. Morkel’s blistering knock against RCB when he hit 28 runs off an over of Virat Kohli is still alive in the memories of fans.

The second player on the list is also not a specialist batsman. Praveen Kumar smacked 124-metre six against Lasith Malinga in IPL 2011 making him a dark horse on this list. In the same season, Adam Gilchrist hit a 122-metre six when he featured for the Punjab team. Robin Uthappa’s 120-metre hit while playing for RCB in IPL 2010 puts him at the fourth spot in the record tally.

The ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle finds himself at joint fifth spot with his 119-metre six, hit in the 2013 season. Another player who is famous for hitting sixes is Yuvraj Singh, who also hit the same distance as Gayle's. Ross Taylor who started his IPL journey with RCB in 2008 hit 119 metre six in the inaugural season.

Ben Cutting played a blistering knock of 39 runs off only 15 balls in IPL 2016 final helping SRH clinch their maiden title. In this innings, he hit a 117-meter six sending the ball out of Chinnaswamy stadium. Gautam Gambhir and Liam Livingstone are next on this list with 117-meter out-of-the-park hits.

Longest Sixes in IPL History

*Last Updated on April 15th 2024