IPL 2020: 5 players who hit the most sixes

Modified Nov 12, 2020 11:01 IST

The Mumbai Indians (MI) won the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) to strengthen their position as the most successful team in the history of the league.

Much of MI's success was down to their power-hitters, and they were the team to hit the most sixes in IPL 2020. As a result, it's no surprise that two of their players feature in the top 5 of the list of batsmen who cleared the boundary on the most occasions in this year's tournament.

Here are the 5 leading six-hitters from IPL 2020.

#5 Eoin Morgan - 24 sixes in IPL 2020

Morgan took over KKR's captaincy midway through IPL 2020

Signed by KKR for a big sum despite not having a great IPL record, Eoin Morgan took over the captaincy of the side from Dinesh Karthik midway through the tournament. The English white-ball skipper couldn't take KKR to the playoffs, but on a personal level, he had a decent season.

Morgan scored 418 runs in 14 games at an average of 41.8 and a strike rate of 138.41, and this was despite not batting at No. 4 for the majority of the campaign. The most striking stat about the southpaw's batting was that he hit 24 sixes in IPL 2020.

Morgan narrowly pipped Chris Gayle, KL Rahul and AB de Villiers to fifth spot on this list.

#4 Nicholas Pooran - 25 sixes in IPL 2020

Nicholas Pooran clearly had the faith of the KXIP management, as he was included in the playing XI ahead of even Chris Gayle in the first half of IPL 2020. The West Indian did justice to their backing, and hit 25 sixes en route to a tally 353 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 169.71.

Pooran also hit the biggest six in IPL 2020, and although KXIP didn't make the playoffs, he showed signs of being one of the centrepieces of the franchise for years to come.

#3 Hardik Pandya - 25 sixes in IPL 2020

Hardik Pandya had the second-highest strike rate in IPL 2020

Playing as a specialist batsman in the MI lineup, Hardik Pandya equalled Pooran in number of sixes hit with 25. He pips the southpaw due to a higher strike rate (178.98), and was one of his team's most important batsmen in the death overs.

Pandya was brutal when bowlers missed their lengths by the slightest of margins, and even though he batted lower down the order, managed to produce a number of match-winning contributions. He faced 157 balls in the tournament and finished second on the Super Striker of the Season leaderboard.

#2 Sanju Samson - 26 sixes in IPL 2020

Samson faded away after a bright start to his IPL 2020 campaign

Sanju Samson may have faded away in IPL 2020 after a brilliant start, but he made great use of the short boundaries in Sharjah early in the season to finish on 26 sixes. The Kerala batsman was often reckless with his shot-making, but when his risks did come off, he was a sight to behold.

Samson scored 375 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 158.89, and earned call-ups to the Indian limited-overs squads for the upcoming tour of Australia. He will be keen on finding some consistency in the coming games.

#1 Ishan Kishan - 30 sixes in IPL 2020

Kishan announced himself with a big-hitting 99 against RCB

After missing out on the first two games of MI's victorious IPL 2020 campaign, Ishan Kishan established himself as a mainstay in the batting lineup and finished as the team's leading run-scorer with 516 runs in just 14 games.

The left-hander cleared the boundary on 30 occasions in IPL 2020 despite his slight frame, with 9 of these hits coming in a single innings (joint-highest in a single innings in the tournament) against RCB in his first match of the campaign.

Kishan made a serious case to be called up to the Indian team, and we might see him get a crack in the limited-overs formats soon.