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Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke Chris Gayle’s great record, Bihar’s Lal became the new ‘Sixer King’ of IPL history.

By Samira Vishwas

Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke Chris Gayle Record: Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created history in the eliminator match of IPL 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Now he has become the batsman to hit the most sixes in a single season of IPL. Mullanpur Cricket Stadium of New Chandigarh became witness to this big record. After this great feat of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, his name has started becoming famous in the cricket world.

Vaibhav broke Chris Gayle’s record

Before Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the record of hitting most sixes in a season of IPL was held by ‘Universe Boss’ Was named after the famous cricketer Gayle. He hit a total of 59 sixes in the 2012 IPL, which no one had been able to break till date. At the same time, now 15 year old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke Gayle’s record by hitting 61 sixes in IPL 2026. Andre Russell is at third place in this list with 52 sixes. At the same time, Jos Buttler is in fifth place with 45 sixes.

Most batsmen who hit most sixes in an IPL season

  • 61* – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (2026)
  • 59 – Chris Gayle (2012)
  • 52 – Andre Russell (2019)
  • 51 – Chris Gayle (2013)
  • 45 – Jos Buttler (2022)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed a century

In this match against Sunrisers, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a series of records, but he missed his century. He played a explosive inning of 97 runs in 29 balls with 12 sixes and 5 fours. On the score of 97 runs, he was caught by Prafulla Hinge while trying to play a big shot. Let us now take a look at the records made by Vaibhav Suryavanshi in New Chandigarh.

Fastest half-century in IPL playoffs/knockouts (by balls)

  • 16 – S Raina vs PBKS, Wankhede, 2014
  • 16 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi vs SRH, Mullanpur, 2026*
  • 17 – Adam Gilchrist vs DC, Centurion, 2009
  • 20 – MS Dhoni vs MI, Bengaluru, 2012
  • 21 – Dwayne Smith vs CSK, Delhi, 2013
  • 21 – Virender Sehwag vs CSK, Wankhede, 2014
  • 21 – Rajat Patidar vs GT, Dharamshala, 2026

Most half centuries in less than 20 balls in IPL

  • 6 – Abhishek Sharma
  • 5 – nicholas puran
  • 5 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi*

Most sixes in powerplay (1-6 overs) of IPL innings

  • 7 – Sanath Jayasuriya (MI) vs CSK, Mumbai WS, 2008
  • 7 – Jos Buttler (RR) vs DC, Delhi, 2018 (match affected by rain)
  • 7 – Jonny Bairstow (PBKS) vs RCB, Brabourne, 2022
  • 7 – Abhishek Sharma (SRH) vs PBKS, Mullanpur, 2026
  • 7 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) vs SRH, Jaipur, 2026

Highest score of 50+ in powerplay (1-6 overs) in IPL

  • 6 – david warner
  • 5 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
  • 4 – travis head

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Hitting 10+ sixes most times in an IPL innings

  • 4 – chris gayle
  • 4 – Vaibhav Suryavanshi*
  • 2- Abhishek Sharma
  • 2 – finn allen

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