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IPL 2023 Longest Six: List of Biggest Sixes of Every Match - Faf Du Plessis tops the chart

Ahmedabad, May 30: Faf Du Plessis currently tops the list for the longest six in IPL 2023, having struck a massive 115 meters hit in Royal Challengers Bangalore match against Lucknow Super Giants at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Mumbai Indians' Tim David recorded the second biggest hit with a 114 meter hit against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where MI's Cameron Green struck the sixth longest six with a 108 meters hit.

Faf Du Plessis, Tim David, Jos Buttler and Shivam Dube among longest sixes list in IPL 2023

Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler smashed the third longest six with a 112 meters hit in match 26 against Lucknow Super Giants at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Chennai Super Kings' Shivam Dube had struck the fourth longest six at the Bengaluru venue in match 24 against RCB. In fact, he hit two sixes above a 100 meters with the biggest hit being 111 meters.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Rinku Singh and Lucknow Super Giants' Marcus Stoinis have both registered hits of 110 meters to take joint fifth longest sixes of the season.

Kolkata Knight Riders star Andre Russell smashed the seventh biggest hit of season by clearing 109 meters against Delhi Capitals in match 28 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Here is a look at some of the top longest sixes in IPL 2023:

Longest Six in IPL 2023

Player Team Six Distance
Faf Du Plessis Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 meters
Tim David Mumbai Indians 114 meters
Jos Buttler Rajasthan Royals 112 meters
Shivam Dube Chennai Super Kings 111 meters
Rinku Singh Kolkata Knight Riders 110 meters
Marcus Stoinis Lucknow Super Giants 110 meters
Andre Russell Kolkata Knight Riders 109 meters
Cameron Green Mumbai Indians 108 meters
Shubman Gill Gujarat Titans 106 meters
Vijay Shankar Gujarat Titans 106 meters
Jitesh Sharma Punjab Kings 104 meters
Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bangalore 103 meters
KL Rahul Lucknow Super Giants 103 meters

This season is also rewarding for the player who hits the longest six in every match as the IPL gives an award for the biggest hit in every match in the form of Visit Saudi Beyond The Boundaries Longest 6. So, let's check out the longest six of every match.

Longest Six in every match of IPL 2023

Match No. Fixture Venue Player (Team) Six Distance
1 GT vs CSK Ahmedabad Shivam Dube (CSK) 97 meters
2 PBKS vs KKR Mohali Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR) 101 meters
3 LSG vs DC Lucknow Kyle Mayers (LSG) 99 meters
4 SRH vs RR Hyderabad Sanju Samson (RR) 92 meters
5 RCB vs MI Bengaluru Nehal Wadhera (MI) 101 meters
6 CSK vs LSG Chennai Shivam Dube (CSK) 102 meters
7 DC vs GT New Delhi Axar Patel (DC) 82 meters
8 RR vs PBKS Guwahati Riyan Parag (RR) 98 meters
9 KKR vs RCB Kolkata Rinku Singh (KKR) 101 meters
10 LSG vs SRH Lucknow Deepak Hooda (LSG) 91 meters
11 RR vs DC Guwahati Shimron Hetmyer (RR) 96 meters
12 MI vs CSK Mumbai Shivam Dube (MI) 93 meters
13 GT vs KKR Ahmedabad Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) 101 meters
14 SRH vs PBKS Hyderabad Rahul Tripathi (SRH) 94 meters
15 RCB vs LSG Bengaluru Faf Du Plessis (RCB) 115 meters
16 DC vs MI New Delhi Rohit Sharma (MI) 95 meters
17 CSK vs RR Chennai Jos Buttler (RR) 93 meters
18 PBKS vs GT Mohali Harpreet Brar (PBKS) 89 meters
19 KKR vs SRH Kolkata Abhishek Sharma (SRH) 96 meters
20 RCB vs DC Bengaluru Faf Du Plessis (RCB) 86 meters
21 LSG vs PBKS Lucknow Shahrukh Khan (PBKS) 89 meters
22 MI vs KKR Mumbai Tim David (MI) 95 meters
23 GT vs RR Ahmedabad Shimron Hetmyer (RR) 101 meters
24 RCB vs CSK Bengaluru Shivam Dube (CSK) 111 meters
25 SRH vs MI Hyderabad Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) 91 meters
26 RR vs LSG Jaipur Jos Buttler (RR) 112 meters
27 PBKS vs RCB Mohali Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS) 101 meters
28 DC vs KKR New Delhi Andre Russell (KKR) 109 meters
29 CSK vs SRH Chennai Rahul Tripathi (SRH) 76 meters
30 LSG vs GT Lucknow Hardik Pandya (GT) 92 meters
31 MI vs PBKS Mumbai Tim David (MI) 114 meters
32 RCB vs RR Bengaluru Glenn Maxwell (RCB) 91 meters
33 KKR vs CSK Kolkata Jason Roy (KKR) 92 meters
34 SRH vs DC Hyderabad David Warner (DC) 88 meters
35 GT vs MI Ahmedabad Abhinav Manohar (GT) 97 meters
36 RCB vs KKR Bengaluru David Wiese (KKR) 93 meters
37 RR vs CSK Jaipur Shivam Dube (CSK) 96 meters
38 PBKS vs LSG Mohali Sam Curran (PBKS) 96 meters
39 KKR vs GT Kolkata Andre Russell (KKR) 94 meters
40 DC vs SRH New Delhi Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) 97 meters
41 CSK vs PBKS Chennai Jitesh Sharma (PBKS) 101 meters
42 MI vs RR Mumbai Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) 94 meters
43 LSG vs RCB Lucknow Nicholas Pooran (LSG) 96 meters
44 GT vs DC Ahmedabad Rahul Tewatia (GT) 88 meters
45 LSG vs CSK Lucknow Ayush Badoni (LSG) - No Award (No Result) 81 meters
46 PBKS vs MI Mohali Tilak Varma (MI) 102 meters
47 SRH vs KKR Hyderabad Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) 101 meters
48 RR vs GT Jaipur Sanju Samson (RR) 95 meters
49 CSK vs MI Chennai Shivam Dube (CSK) 92 meters
50 DC vs RCB New Delhi Rilee Rossouw (DC) 94 meters
51 GT vs LSG Ahmedabad Shubman Gill (GT) 96 meters
52 RR vs SRH Jaipur Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) 96 meters
53 KKR vs PBKS Kolkata Harpreet Brar (PBKS) 90 meters
54 MI vs RCB Mumbai Ishan Kishan (MI) 102 meters
55 CSK vs DC Chennai Phil Salt (DC) 100 meters
56 KKR vs RR Kolkata Sanju Samson (RR) 92 meters
57 MI vs GT Mumbai David Miller (GT) 97 meters
58 SRH vs LSG Hyderabad Marcus Stoinis (LSG) 110 meters
59 DC vs PBKS New Delhi Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS) 91 meters
60 RR vs RCB Jaipur Glenn Maxwell (RCB) 98 meters
61 CSK vs KKR Chennai Rinku Singh (KKR) 87 meters
62 GT vs SRH Ahmedabad Shubman Gill (GT) 86 meters
63 LSG vs MI Lucknow Rohit Sharma (MI) 92 meters
64 PBKS vs DC Dharamshala Liam Livingstone (PBKS) 101 meters
65 SRH vs RCB Hyderabad Virat Kohli (RCB) 103 meters
66 PBKS vs RR Dharamshala Riyan Parag (RR) 93 meters
67 DC vs CSK New Delhi Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) 98 meters
68 KKR vs LSG Kolkata Rinku Singh (KKR) 110 meters
69 MI vs SRH Mumbai Aiden Markram (SRH) 95 meters
70 RCB vs GT Bengaluru Vijay Shankar (GT) 106 meters
Qualifier 1 GT vs CSK Chennai Rashid Khan (GT) 87 meters
Eliminator LSG vs MI Chennai Cameron Green (MI) 94 meters
Qualifier 2 GT vs MI Ahmedabad Shubman Gill (GT) 106 meters
Final CSK vs GT Ahmedabad Sai Sudarshan (GT) 97 meters

And as for the longest sixes in IPL, although Du Plessis struck a mammoth 115 meter six in 2023, that distance had only tied for the seventh longest in Indian Premier League history. So, check out the below list for which player holds the record for the longest six in IPL:

Longest six in IPL history

Player Team Distance Season
Albie Morkel Chennai Super Kings 125 meters 2008
Praveen Kumar Punjab Kings 124 meters 2011
Adam Gilchrist Punjab Kings 122 meters 2011
Robin Uthappa Royal Challengers Bangalore 120 meters 2010
Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 119 meters 2013
Yuvraj Singh Punjab Kings 119 meters 2009
Ross Taylor Royal Challengers Bangalore 119 meters 2008
Gautum Gambhir Kolkata Knight Riders 117 meters 2017
Ben Cutting Sunrisers Hyderabad 117 meters 2016
Liam Livingstone Punjab Kings 117 meters 2022
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Chennai Super Kings 115 meters 2009
Faf Du Plessis Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 meters 2023
Tim David Mumbai Indians 114 meters 2023

Du Plessis currently sits on top for the longest six in IPL 2023, but that distance can be soon overtaken as per the data of the biggest hit in every season of the Indian Premier League and also with more powerful hitter pending a big hit.

Biggest Six in every IPL season

Season Player Team Distance
2008 Albie Morkel Chennai Super Kings 125 meters
2009 Yuvraj Singh Punjab Kings 119 meters
2010 Robin Uthappa Royal Challengers Bangalore 120 meters
2011 Adam Gilchrist Punjab Kings 122 meters
2012 MS Dhoni Chennai Super Kings 112 meters
2013 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore 112 meters
2014 David Miller Punjab Kings 102 meters
2015 AB de Villiers Royal Challengers Bangalore 108 meters
2016 Ben Cutting Sunrisers Hyderabad 117 meters
2017 Travis Head Royal Challengers Bangalore 109 meters
2018 AB de Villiers Royal Challengers Bangalore 111 meters
2019 MS Dhoni Chennai Super Kings 111 meters
2020 Nicholas Pooran Punjab Kings 106 meters
2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad Chennai Super Kings 108 meters
2022 Liam Livingstone Punjab Kings 117 meters
2023 Faf Du Plessis Royal Challengers Bangalore 115 meters
Story first published: Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 10:25 [IST]
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