Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks Chris Gayle's record for most sixes in an IPL season

Matches (13) IRE vs NZ (1) Vitality Blast Women (3) Vitality Blast Men (1) Asian Games Qualifier (4) ENG-W vs IND-W (1) Ireland Tri-Nation Women (1) SCOT Wt20I Tri-Series (1) Innings break Eliminator • IPL • New Chandigarh (20 ov) 243/8 SRH chose to field. ScheduleTable Live Only Test • Belfast (64 ov) 229/4 Day 1 - Session 3: Ireland chose to field. Live Vitality Blast Women • Birmingham (12.3/20 ov, T:159) 109/3 BLZ Women need 50 runs in 45 balls. ScheduleTable Live Vitality Blast Women • Taunton (13.3/20 ov, T:178) 110/5 Yorks Women need 68 runs in 39 balls.

ScheduleTable UpcomingVitality Blast Women • The Oval Match starts in 1 hr 30 mins ScheduleTable UpcomingVitality Blast Men • Leicester Match starts in 2 hrs ScheduleTable RESULT Asian Games Qualifier • Kuala Lumpur (20 ov, T:126) 106/5 NEP Women won by 19 runs ScheduleTable RESULT Asian Games Qualifier • Kuala Lumpur (12.3/20 ov, T:83) 85/3 THA Women won by 7 wickets (with 45 balls remaining) ScheduleTable Upcoming1st T20I • Chelmsford Match yet to begin UpcomingIreland Tri-Nation Women • Dublin Match yet to begin ScheduleTable UpcomingSCOT Wt20I Tri-Series • Edinburgh Match yet to begin ScheduleTable UpcomingAsian Games Qualifier • Kuala Lumpur Match yet to begin ScheduleTable UpcomingAsian Games Qualifier • Kuala Lumpur Match yet to begin ScheduleTable Sampath Bandarupalli Published: May 27, 2026, 3:45 PM (15 mins ago) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi brought up a 16-ball half-century • BCCI 65 Total sixes that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit in IPL 2026 - the most by any batter in a T20 tournament. He went past the record held by Chris Gayle with 59 sixes in IPL 2012. Gayle faced 456 balls for his record. Sooryavanshi took it in 266. 16 Balls that Sooryavanshi took to complete his fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - the joint-fastest by any batter in IPL playoffs (or knockouts).

Suresh Raina also had a 16-ball fifty against Kings XI Punjab in the Qualifier 2 in 2014. 242.85 Sooryavanshi's strike rate this season, where he scored 680 runs from 15 innings. He is the first batter with 600-plus runs in a T20 tournament while striking at 200 or more. Rilee Rossouw's 192.28 is the next best, having scored 623 runs during the 2022 T20 Blast. 12 Sixes by Sooryavanshi from just 33 balls on Wednesday. It is the joint-most by any Indian batter in an IPL innings.

He equalled his own record, which he set against SRH in Jaipur earlier this season. Sooryavanshi's 12 sixes are also the most by any batter in an IPL playoff (or knockout) game, going past Shubman Gill, who struck ten sixes against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 in 2023. Sooryavanshi's first ten sixes came in just 24 balls, the fewest time taken by any batter in the IPL. Gayle hit his first ten sixes in 27 balls against Pune Warriors during his 175* in 2013. 8 out of Sooryavanshi's 12 sixes on Wednesday came in the powerplay, the most by a batter in this phase in an IPL innings.

Five batters have hit seven sixes in an innings before, including Sooryavanshi against SRH earlier this season in Jaipur. 4 Instances of Sooryavanshi hitting ten or more sixes in an IPL innings, the joint-highest alongside Gayle (4). Three of those four six-filled knocks have come in IPL 2026, the most for a batter in an edition. 334.48 Sooryavanshi's batting strike rate during his 29-ball 97, the highest for any batter in an IPL innings of 90 or more runs. The previous highest was 281.81 by Rajat Patidar who scored 93* off 33 balls against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Tuesday. 3 Instances of Sooryavanshi finishing with a 300-plus strike rate in an IPL innings where he scored 50 or more runs, the most by any batter. In all T20 cricket, this was the fourth time he had done that, equalling Kieron Pollard (4). 5 Instances of Sooryavanshi completing his fifty in the powerplay overs in the IPL, putting him just behind David Warner who has done it six times.

Four of these fifties came in 2026, equal-most by any batter in an IPL, alongside Travis Head (4 in 2024). 490 Runs that Sooryavanshi scored in the first six overs, the most by any batter in this phase in an IPL. He went past Warner's tally of 467 runs in the 2016 season. Sooryavanshi also holds the record for hitting the most sixes in an edition in the first six overs. Vaibhav SooryavanshiSunrisers HyderabadRajasthan RoyalsRR vs SRHIndian Premier League Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo Terms of Use • Privacy Policy • EU Privacy Rights • Cookie Policy • Feedback