Nine or more boundary sixes in an innings in a game of Indian Premier League

Nine or more boundary sixes in an innings in a game of Indian Premier League

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers

AB de Villiers scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 89 not out in the game between Bangalore and Punjab at Indore  on 09.04.17, to provide the 18th occasion of a batsman scoring nine or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 175* 66 17 Bangalore Pune Bengaluru 23 Apr 2013
2 BB McCullum 158* 73 13 Kolkata Bangalore Bengaluru 18 Apr 2008
3 CH Gayle 128* 62 13 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
4 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
5 AB de Villiers 129* 52 12 Bangalore Gujarat Bengaluru 14 May 2016
6 ST Jayasuriya 114* 48 11 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 14 May 2008
7 M Vijay 127 56 11 Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03 Apr 2010
8 AC Gilchrist 109* 47 10 Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27 Apr 2008
9 MEK Hussey 116* 54 09 Chennai Punjab Mohali 19 Apr 2008
10 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
11 AC Gilchrist 106 55 09 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
12 KP Pietersen 103* 64 09 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19 Apr 2012
13 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
14 GJ Maxwell 95 43 09 Punjab Sunrisers Sharjah 22 Apr 2014
15 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014
16 BB McCullum 100* 56 09 Chennai Sunrisers Chennai 11 Apr 2015
17 DA Miller 89* 44 09 Punjab Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 11 May 2015
18 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

AB de Villiers scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 89 not out in the game between Bangalore and Punjab at Indore  on 09.04.17, to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring exact nine boundary sixes in an innings in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 MEK Hussey 116* 54 09 Chennai Punjab Mohali 19 Apr 2008
2 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
3 AC Gilchrist 106 55 09 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
4 KP Pietersen 103* 64 09 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19 Apr 2012
5 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
5 GJ Maxwell 95 43 09 Punjab Sunrisers Sharjah 22 Apr 2014
6 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014
7 BB McCullum 100* 56 09 Chennai Sunrisers Chennai 11 Apr 2015
9 DA Miller 89* 44 09 Punjab Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 11 May 2015
10 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

AB de Villiers scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 89 not out in the game between Bangalore and Punjab at Indore  on 09.04.17, to provide the eighth occasion of a Bangalore batsman scoring nine or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 175* 66 17 Bangalore Pune Bengaluru 23 Apr 2013
2 CH Gayle 128* 62 13 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
3 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
4 AB de Villiers 129* 52 12 Bangalore Gujarat Bengaluru 14 May 2016
5 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
6 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
7 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014
8 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

AB de Villiers scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 89 not out in the game between Bangalore and Punjab at Indore  on 09.04.17, to provide the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring nine or more boundary sixes in an innings against Punjab in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
2 MEK Hussey 116* 54 09 Chennai Punjab Mohali 19 Apr 2008
3 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
4 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

CH Gayle holds the record for scoring nine or more boundary sixes on most occasions in the history of Indian Premier League – five occasions, while AB de Villiers, AC Gilchirst and BB McCullum have accomplished the feat on two occasions. The performance of these four batsman are tabulated below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 AB de Villiers 129* 52 12 Bangalore Gujarat Bengaluru 14 May 2016
2 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017
                 
1 AC Gilchrist 109* 47 10 Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27 Apr 2008
2 AC Gilchrist 106 55 09 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
                 
1 BB McCullum 158* 73 13 Kolkata Bangalore Bengaluru 18 Apr 2008
2 BB McCullum 100* 56 09 Chennai Sunrisers Chennai 11 Apr 2015
                 
1 CH Gayle 175* 66 17 Bangalore Pune Bengaluru 23 Apr 2013
2 CH Gayle 128* 62 13 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
3 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
4 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
5 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013

CH Gayle is the only batsman to score nine or more boundary sixes against the same opposition on two occasions. He  chose Punjab as his opponent to accomplish the feat. The first such feat came at Bengaluru on 06.05.11 and he repeated the feat again at the same venue exactly four years later – that is on 06.05.15

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
2 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015

The following table lists the five batsmen who have scored nine sixes in their knock of less than 100 runs. CH Gayle, GJ Maxwell, Yuvraj Singh, DA Miller and AB de Villiers are the five batsmen.

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
2 GJ Maxwell 95 43 09 Punjab Sunrisers Sharjah 22 Apr 2014
3 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014
4 DA Miller 89* 44 09 Punjab Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 11 May 2015
5 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

It is interesting to note that out of these five batsmen, three are from Royal Challengers, Bengaluru – CH Gayle, Yuvraj Singh and AB de Villiers

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
2 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014
3 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

AB de Villiers scored nine boundary sixes in his knock of 89 not out in the game between Bangalore and Punjab at Indore  on 09.04.17, to provide the 16th occasion of an overseas batsman scoring nine or more boundary sixes in an innings in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 CH Gayle 175* 66 17 Bangalore Pune Bengaluru 23 Apr 2013
2 BB McCullum 158* 73 13 Kolkata Bangalore Bengaluru 18 Apr 2008
3 CH Gayle 128* 62 13 Bangalore Delhi Delhi 17 May 2012
4 CH Gayle 117 57 12 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2015
5 AB de Villiers 129* 52 12 Bangalore Gujarat Bengaluru 14 May 2016
6 ST Jayasuriya 114* 48 11 Mumbai Chennai Mumbai 14 May 2008
7 AC Gilchrist 109* 47 10 Deccan Mumbai Mumbai 27 Apr 2008
8 MEK Hussey 116* 54 09 Chennai Punjab Mohali 19 Apr 2008
9 CH Gayle 107 49 09 Bangalore Punjab Bengaluru 06 May 2011
10 AC Gilchrist 106 55 09 Punjab Bangalore Dharamsala 17 May 2011
11 KP Pietersen 103* 64 09 Delhi Deccan Delhi 19 Apr 2012
12 CH Gayle 85* 50 09 Bangalore Kolkata Bengaluru 11 Apr 2013
13 GJ Maxwell 95 43 09 Punjab Sunrisers Sharjah 22 Apr 2014
14 BB McCullum 100* 56 09 Chennai Sunrisers Chennai 11 Apr 2015
15 DA Miller 89* 44 09 Punjab Sunrisers Hyd-RGS 11 May 2015
16 AB de Villiers 89* 46 09 Bangalore Punjab Indore 10 Apr 2017

It is interesting to note that only two Indian batsmen have accomplished the feat of scoring nine or more sixes in an innings in the history of Indian Premier League of the 18 occasions. M Vijay and Yuvraj Singh are the two Indian batsmen to have accomplished the feat. The fact there are 16 occasions of overseas batsmen accomplishing this feat shows the supremacy and dominance of overseas batsmen in this category of statistics

No Player Runs Balls 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date
1 M Vijay 127 56 11 Chennai Rajasthan Chennai 03 Apr 2010
2 Yuvraj Singh 68* 29 09 Bangalore Delhi Bengaluru 13 May 2014

 

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