IPL 2016: Top 10 Longest/Biggest Sixes of the tournament
Cricket as a game has evolved over the ages from the times of Ranjitsinhji to the current crop players, the likes Kohli and Dhoni. The ardent fans of the gentleman’ game might have been apprehensive about the shortest format of the game, T20, feeling that the essence of the game might be violated but T20 cricket over the years have grown to be an integral part of the game.
IPL, the perfect cocktail of glamour and cricket, for the past 9 years has been a part of our cricket calendar. IPL has got it’s set of devoted fans all over the world who wait with bated breath for the cricket extravaganza. Into the 9th season of the IPL, the tournament has entertained us over the years with huge sixes and classy boundaries and it has been no different this season. 3,506 runs have been scored from boundaries this season and 199 sixes has been hit. The list below shows the top 10 longest sixes that have been hit this season.
IPL has a rich vein of talented batsmen both local and overseas. The ever changing game has seen the batsmen change their range of shots, Maxwell and de Villiers, who feature in the list has shown the audacity of reverse-sweeping fast bowlers for sixes, a sight never seen in cricket before. The likes of Chris Gayles and Andre Russells, the Calypso giants can hit the ball real long and no boundary is too short for them. Sanju Samson, Axar Patel and Manan Vohra are the only Indian batsman to feature in the list. Chris Morris makes his entry into the list after his massive six against the Gujarat Lions.
Here is the list of The Top 10 Longest Sixes in the IPL 2016:
| Batsman | Distance (meters) | Against | |
| 1 | Ben Cutting | 117 | Royals Challengers Bangalore |
| 2 | AB de Villers (RCB) | 111 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 3 | Shane Watson (RCB) | 109 | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| 4 | Sanju Samson (DD) | 108 | Mumbai Indians |
| 5 | Glen Maxwell (KXIP) | 108 | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| 6 | Ambati Rayudu (MI) | 108 | Royals Challengers Bangalore |
| 7 | Shane Watson (RCB) | 108 | Rising Pune Supergiants |
| 8 | Yuvraj Singh | 107 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| 9 | Manan Vohra (KXIP) | 105 | Gujarat Lions |
| 10 | Rohit Sharma (MI) | 104 | Rising Pune Supergiants |