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The record for longest six in the IPL was set by Albie Morkel while playing for Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural IPL edition and it still stands today. Albie's humongous strike of 125 m is the current IPL Longest six. Second in the table is the 124 m long monster by Praveen Kumar which he struck in 2011 for Kings XI Punjab(Now Punjab Kings).
Position | Year | Player | Team | Distance (in meters) |
1 | 2008 | Albie Morkel | Chennai Super Kings | 125 |
2 | 2011 | Praveen Kumar | Kings XI Punjab | 124 |
3 | 2011 | Adam Gilchrist | Kings XI Punjab | 122 |
4 | 2010 | Robin Uthappa | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 120 |
5 | 2013 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 119 |
6 | 2009 | Yuvraj Singh | Kings XI Punjab | 119 |
7 | 2008 | Ross Taylor | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 119 |
8 | 2017 | Gautum Gambhir | Kolkata Knight Riders | 117 |
9 | 2016 | Ben Cutting | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 117 |
10 | 2022 | Liam Livingstone | Punjab Kings | 117 |
Robin Uthappa's 120 m six stands fourth in the tally. Unsurprisingly India's treasured T20 specialist Yuvraj Singh's 119 m six which he hit in 2009 stands tall in fifth place.
Liam Livingstone is till now the longest six-hitter (117 mts) in IPL 2022 Edition.
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The IPL tournament is an exhibition of brilliant batting and skillful bowling. But undoubtedly the most exciting aspect of T20 cricket is the abundance of sixes which we get to see during the matches. IPL too has seen its fair share of dynamite hitting over the years and has recorded some of the longest sixes in the history of T20 cricket.
Year | Player Name | Team | Distance (meters) |
2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | Chennai Super Kings | 108 |
2020 | Nicholas Pooran | Kings XI Punjab | 106 |
2019 | MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings | 111 |
2018 | AB de Villiers | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 111 |
2017 | Travis Head | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 109 |
2016 | Ben Cutting | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 117 |
2015 | AB de Villiers | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 108 |
2014 | David Miller | Kings XI Punjab | 102 |
2013 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 112 |
2012 | MS Dhoni | Chennai Super Kings | 112 |
2011 | Adam Gilchrist | Kings XI Punjab | 122 |
2010 | Robin Uthappa | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 120 |
2009 | Yuvraj Singh | Kings XI Punjab | 119 |
2008 | Albie Morkel | Chennai Super Kings | 125 |
The season-wise biggest sixes in IPL are mentioned below in the decreasing order. MS Dhoni and AB de Villiers have both done justice to their reputation and struck IPL's longest sixes for two seasons each.
Travis Head, Ben Cutting, David Miller, Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, and Albie Morkel have each registered their names in IPL Longest sixes list once.
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