Who has hit the longest six in IPL history
2024.03.12
Faf du Plessis, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, struck the most maximums (36), and he also managed to smash the season’s longest six, measuring 115 meters.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2023 saw a record-breaking 1,124 sixes struck during the competition. This is only the second time in the 16-year history of the event that the 1000-sixes barrier has been broken.
Captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Faf du Plessis, topped the records the previous season with 36 maximums and also broke the record for the longest six of the year, reaching 115 meters.
Albie Morkel, a fellow South African, holds the record for the biggest six in IPL history, having blasted a 124-meter six in the competition’s first season in 2008.
Sportstar walks you through the list of the longest sixes hit in IPL history as we get ready for the 17th leg of the tournament, which begins on March 22
| Pos | Player | Year | Team | Opponent | Six distance (in metres) |
| 1. | Albie Morkel | 2008 | CSK | DC | 124 |
| 2. | Praveen Kumar | 2008 | RCB | RR | 124 |
| 3. | Adam Gilchrist | 2011 | PBKS | RCB | 122 |
| 4. | Robin Uthappa | 2010 | RCB | MI | 120 |
| 5. | Chris Gayle | 2013 | RCB | PWI | 119 |
| 6. | Ross Taylor | 2008 | RCB | CSK | 119 |
| 7. | Yuvraj Singh | 2009 | PBKS | CSK | 119 |
| 8. | Ben Cutting | 2016 | SRH | RCB | 117 |
| 9. | Liam Livingstone | 2022 | PBKS | GT | 117 |
| 10. | Faf du Plessis | 2023 | RCB | LSG | 115 |
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