The extravagant Indian Premier League's (IPL) 15th season has witnessed 65 matches so far and it has created history by busting old record of hitting maximum number of sixes in a single season. IPL 2022 has surpassed 900 sixes mark which has never happened before in any IPL season. So far in the tournament, 915 sixes have been hit.
Looking at the pace by which the maximums are being smashed in IPL 2022, the sixes mark can also go beyond a sensational 1000 mark. Also, if we talk about number of boundaries, so far 1774 fours have been hit.
On Tuesday (May 17), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) took on Mumbai Indians (MI) and the Kane Williamson-led side edge past Rohit Sharma-led side by three runs. Tripathi scored 76 from 44 balls to guide SRH to a challenging 193 for six. He was ably complemented by Priyam Garg (42) and Nicholas Pooran (38). Malik (3/23 in three overs) then produced a sensational performance, while the seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/26 off 4) bowled a wicket maiden in the crucial 19th over to stop MI at 190/7.
SRH' struck eight maximums in their innings which was coupled with 16 boundaries. On the other hand, MI smashed 11 sixes along with 12 fours.
Let's have a look at the number of sixes hit by individual teams in the IPL 2022:
1. Rajasthan Royals- 112
2. Punjab Kings-101
3. Kolkata Knight Riders- 100
4. Chennai Super Kings – 98
5. Delhi Capitals- 97
6. Sunrisers Hyderabad- 91
7. Lucknow Super Giants- 87
8. Royal Challengers Bangalore- 82
9. Mumbai Indians- 88
10. Gujarat Titans-59
If you look at the list of players who hit the most sixes, then it is something like this:
1. Jos Buttler- 37
2. Andre Russell- 32
3. Liam Livingstone- 29
4. Nitish Rana-22
5. Dinesh Karthik- 21
If we talk about the top 5 players who hit the most fours, then the list is like this:
1. Jos Buttler- 56
2. David Warner- 51
3. Shikhar Dhawan- 45
4. Shubman Gill-43
5.Abhishek Sharma- 42
