Follow UsWith the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 approaching, fans are ready for a six-fest once again, as the previous season - IPL 2024, saw the maximum number of sixes hit in a single season in the competition’s history. 1,260 sixes were hit in IPL 2024.
But what about a match? What is the maximum number of sixes that have been hit in a match? The answer is 42, and they were hit in a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings. The match also saw the highest total chased in the history of the league.
We will get to the list of top 10 matches with most sixes hit in them in a bit. First, here are some interesting facts about that list.
- Five of the top 10 matches in which most sixes were hit in IPL history took place in a single season - IPL 2024
- IPL 2018 was also a season which saw three of its matches featured in the list, indicating that at that point, it was the season with most sixes in IPL history. It remained so till IPL 2022.
- Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals (previously known as Delhi Daredevils) feature in the list thrice, which is the most for any team. Interestingly, both of them never feature together in a list.