Published: Apr 09, 2015, 01:14 AM (IST)
Edited: May 25, 2015, 12:57 AM (IST)
The eight edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) is up and running with a high scoring contest between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Eden Gardens Kolkata. After experiencing the recently concluded high scoring ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, it is expected that the trend of lots of fours and sixes will continue in this 2015 edition of IPL as well. READ: IPL 2015 Points Table
IPL is being played in the short boundaries at most Indian grounds. Generally 65 yards boundaries are being used in this twenty twenty tournament. Some of the venues like Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore have even smaller boundaries. So hitting fours and sixes is quite easy for the quality players, who are playing the IPL. The batsman friendly pitches also help their cause. READ: Orange cap holder in IPL 2015
Meanwhile in IPL 2015 eight teams will be once again vying for the IPL 2015 trophy as the battles begin with the teams going through a lot of changes. A total of 60 matches, including the four playoffs, will be played over a period of 47 days. Apart from the big centre, some small centres have been allotted some games in this IPL 2015. READ: Purple cap holder in IPL 2015
Here is the list of batsmen with most fours and sixes in IPL 2015:
| Player | M | I | R | HS | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Chris Gayle | 14 | 14 | 491 | 117 | 147.44 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 38 |
| Kieron Pollard | 15 | 13 | 383 | 70 | 160.92 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 28 |
| Brendon McCullum | 14 | 14 | 436 | 100* | 155.71 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 23 |
| Virat Kohli | 16 | 16 | 505 | 82* | 130.82 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 23 |
| Ab de Villiers | 16 | 14 | 513 | 133* | 175.08 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 22 |
| David Miller | 13 | 13 | 357 | 89* | 134.21 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 21 |
| Lendl Simmons | 13 | 13 | 540 | 71 | 122.44 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 21 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 14 | 14 | 439 | 83 | 128.36 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 21 |
| David Warner | 14 | 14 | 562 | 91 | 156.54 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 21 |
| Rohit Sharma | 16 | 16 | 482 | 98* | 144.74 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 21 |
*Chris Gayle leads the six-hitters table, with 38 biggies, some of which went out of the stands. Last updated after the final between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
