IPL 2015 Most 6s and 4s: List of most dangerous batsmen in IPL 8, Chris Gayle leads the table

IPL 2015 Most 6s and 4s: List of most dangerous batsmen in IPL 8

By Cricket Country Staff Last Updated on - May 25, 2015 12:57 AM IST
Chris Gayle © IANS
Chris Gayle has been in his usual devastating form for RCB in IPL 2015 © IANS

The eight edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) is up and running with 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

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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.