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The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to begin on March 31 and players participating in the cash-rich tournament have already started training with their respective franchises. The greatest franchise-based T20 league in the world is considered to be the batters' competition as the bat always seems to dominate the ball. Over the last 15 seasons of the cash-rich league, numerous batters have displayed impeccable skill set when it comes to hitting sixes.
Let's take a look at the list of batters who have hit the most sixes in each edition of IPL:
IPL 2008: Playing for the Mumbai Indians, former Sri Lanka batter Sanath Jayasuriya smashed 31 sixes in the inaugural edition of the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2009: Playing for the Deccan Chargers, Australia's wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist whacked 29 maximums in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2010: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, former India right-handed batter Robin Uthappa smashed 27 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2011: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, former West Indies' captain Chris Gayle smashed 44 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2012: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the 'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle smashed 59 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2013: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gayle smashed 51 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2014: Playing for the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Australia's explosive batter Glenn Maxwell smashed 36 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2015: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gayle smashed 38 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2016: Playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, former India captain Virat Kohli smashed 38 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2017: laying for the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Maxwell smashed 26 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2018: Playing for the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), explosive left-handed batter Rishabh Pant smashed 37 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2019: Playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders, Andre Russell smashed 52 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2020: Playing for the Mumbai Indians, India's Ishan Kishan whacked 30 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2021: Playing for Punjab Kings, India's KL Rahul smashed 30 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
IPL 2022: Playing for the Rajasthan Royals, England's white-ball skipper Jos Buttler smashed 45 sixes in the cash-rich tournament.
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