IPL 2022: One thousand sixes hit for the first time in a season of IPL, four-year-old record broken

The league matches in IPL 2022 have been completed and the playoff matches are starting from Tuesday. So far, batsmen like Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone have batted amazingly and hit six sixes. At the same time, bowlers like Yuzvendra Chahal and Vanindu Hasranga have hit a lot of wickets. The record of hitting most sixes in a single season in IPL 2022 has also been broken. More than a thousand sixes have been hit this season. This is the first time in IPL history that more than 1000 sixes have been hit in a single season. This year the batsmen have hit 1001 sixes in 70 league matches.

Earlier, IPL 2018 had the most number of sixes. 872 sixes were hit in 60 matches this season. In IPL 2022, this record was broken on May 15 in the 62nd match itself. After this, one thousand sixes were also completed in the 70th match. Barring these two seasons, 800 sixes were not hit in any other season. 784 sixes were hit in IPL 2019, which is the third best record for most sixes. The lowest 506 sixes were hit in IPL 2009.

Most sixes in a season of IPL
 

Butler hit most sixes this season

Jos Buttler of England is at the forefront of hitting sixes this season. He has hit 37 sixes in 14 matches. At the same time, Liam Livingstone has hit 34 sixes. In this list, Andre Russell is third with 32 sixes, KL Rahul is fourth with 25 sixes and Rovman Powell is fifth with 22 sixes. However, now Russell, Livingstone and Powell have no matches to play. In such a situation, the record of most sixes is likely to remain in Butler's name, because next available batsman Rahul is far behind him.

Batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL 2022