Longest Sixes In IPL: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Heinrich Klaasen smashed a long and powerful 106m six in a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). He has placed himself top in the chart of logest six in IPL 2024 with Nicholas Pooran and Venkatesh Iyer. Let’s check out the complete list of all the big hitters who are already enrolled and leading in this longest six-hitting contest of IPL 2024.
Longest Sixes In IPL 2024
PlayersSix DistanceAgainstHeinrich Klaasen 106 m RCB Nicholas Pooran106mRCBVenkatesh Iyer (KKR)106mRCBIshan Kishan (MI)103mSRHAndre Russell(KKR)102mSRHAbhishek Porel(DC)99mPBKSTravis Head(SRH)98mMIAndre Russell(KKR)96mSRH Heinrich Klaasen(SRH)94mKKR Riyan Parag(RR)94mDC Mahipal Lomror(RCB)92mPBKSTilak Varma(MI)92mSRH
This Indian Premier League has always been fortunate to witness some of the longest out-of-the-park hits.
If we look back at previous seasons, CSK’s Albie Morkel still holds the record for the longest six, with a distance of 124 meters, which he hit against Pragyan Ojha of the Deccan Chargers (now defunct) during the inaugural 2008 season.
Longest Sixes in IPL history
PlayerTeam
Opponent
Six distance (metres)Year
Albie Morkel
CSKDC125m2008Praveen Kumar
RCBRR124m2008
Adam GilchristPBKSRCB122m2011
Robin UthappaRCBMI120m2010Chris GayleRCBPWI119m2013
Ross TaylorRCBCSK119m2008
Yuvraj SinghPBKS
CSK119m2009Ben CuttingSRHRCB117m2016Liam Livingstone
PBKSGT117m2022Faf du PlessisRCBLSG115m2023
IPL 2023 season was still the biggest six-hitting edition, (1,124 sixes)
Until now, 2023 has remained one of the most six-hitting seasons in the history of the IPL which saw strikers delivering a whopping 1,124 sixes hit during the tournament.
However, players like Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran, and Heinrich Klaasen this season have raised the strong possibility of smashing the record set in the last year’s edition.
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