Chris Gayle hit 11 sixes en route his 104 not out for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Mohali in an IPL 2018 match. This was Gayle’s 21st T20 hundred (thrice as much as anyone else in the world) and the first in the 2018 edition of the tournament. Gayle faced 63 balls in all and hit 11 sixes but a solitary four. The 11 sixes took his career six count to 834; the next name on the list is of Kieron Pollard (523). In IPL, too, Gayle is head and shoulders ahead of anyone else.
Batsmen with 150 IPL sixes
6s
Batsman
I
BF
6s/I
BF/6
280
Chris Gayle
102
2,494
2.75
8.9
179
Rohit Sharma
158
3,309
1.13
18.5
174
Suresh Raina
159
3,282
1.09
18.9
167
Virat Kohli
145
3,544
1.15
21.2
166
AB de Villiers
122
2,427
1.36
14.6
162
MS Dhoni
146
2,681
1.11
16.6
160
David Warner
114
2,824
1.40
17.7
There is no comparison. Gayle is 101 clear of the next name on the list. He has hit a six every 8.9 balls. De Villiers (14.6), the closest to him, is some distance away. Similarly, when it comes to sixes per innings, Warner (1.4) is barely more than half of Gayle’s 2.75.
Most sixes in a T20 innings with only 1 four
Player
Runs
4s
6s
Team
Against
Venue
Date
Nicky van den Bergh
101
1
12
North West
Namibia
Potchefstroom
22/3/14
Andre Russell
88*
1
11
Kolkata Knight Riders
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai
10/4/18
Chris Gayle
104*
1
11
Kings XI Punjab
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mohali
19/4/18
Gayle also did something queer in his innings: he hit only 1 four to go with his 11 sixes. This put him in a list of only three men who have hit 11 sixes in an innings but have not hit more than one four. Curiously, the second of these happened 9 days ago.
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