IPL 2017: 5 players with most sixes in an innings

#4 Chris Gayle – 12 (RCB vs Kings XI, 6 May 2015)

Gayle has been a phenomenal force for RCB over the years

The tall West Indian opener smashed a mesmerising hundred to power RCB to a 200+ total in their home game against Kings XI Punjab in 2015. Gayle was at his destructive best and overshadowed de Villiers to guide RCB to 226.

Axar Patel and Karanveer Singh were hit all over the park as Gayle was in a belligerent mood right from the outset. Back-to-back sixes off Mitchell Johnson in the second over of the game kickstarted his knock. He went on to latch onto some loose balls from the Punjab spinners and raced to a 48 ball hundred.

The West Indian was eventually dismissed by Patel in the 17th over of the game but he had reached 117 by then that included 12 hits over the fence. Gayle's six-hitting exploits in the IPL have been so frequent that the 12 sixes came as no big surprise.