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Most Fours in IPL Year Wise; Total Fours List From Every Season of Indian Premier League

Between 2008 and 2021, a total of 9581 sixes were smashed in 884 IPL games. 872 sixes were hit in 2018 in 60 games, which was the highest in any year but that record has been shattered in IPL 2022 as more than 1000 sixes

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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is one of the most sought-after domestic T20 leagues in the world due to the entertainment factor. Players from across the globe participate in this glitzy tournament to showcase their crafts and rake in the moolah.

The BCCI's flagship annual tournament since its inception has been a lucrative one and the standards of cricket kept getting better with every season. The performance of teams, as well as the players', kept reaching another level and with that, the number of boundaries hit in every season of the IPL kept increasing.

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Every year, we witness an increase in the number of boundaries and sixes being hit on an average. Also, the number of boundaries hit depends on the kind of surfaces the tournament is played on. But in India, generally, the pitches are conducive for batting. Let us take a look at the total number of fours and sixes hit in every season of the IPL in a year-wise fashion.

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Between 2008 and 2021, a total of 23445 fours have been hit in 884 matches in the tournament. In the 2013 IPL season, 2052 fours were hit in 76 matches, which is the highest so far. In 2022, a total of 1975 fours have already been hit and there are two more games to go. It might not break the record created in 2013 but will be a massive feat nevertheless.

Fours hit in every season of IPL from 2008 to 2022:

Year Fours Hit Number of Matches
2008 1702 59
2009 1316 59
2010 1708 60
2011 1913 74
2012 1911 76
2013 2052 76
2014 1562 60
2015 1607 60
2016 1632 60
2017 1609 60
2018 1651 60
2019 1652 60
2020 1582 60
2021 1548 60
2022 2018 74

Most Fours in a Season (year-wise):

Year Player (Team) Matches Fours
2008 Gautam Gambhir (Delhi Daredevils) 14 68
2009 Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) 12 60
2010 Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) 15 86
2011 Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) 16 67
2012 Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan Royals) 16 73
2013 Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings) 17 81
2014 Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) 16 74
2015 David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 14 65
2016 David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 17 88
2017 David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) 14 63
2018 Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) 14 68
2019 Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) 16 64
2020 Shikhar Dhawan (Delhi Capitals) 17 67
2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) 16 64
2022 Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) 16

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Most Fours in an innings (Top 15):

Player (Team) Fours Versus Year
Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab) 19 Chennai Super Kings 2011
AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) 19 Mumbai Indians 2015
Michael Lumb (Rajasthan Royals) 16 Kings XI Punjab 2010
Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan Royals) 16 Kings XI Punjab 2012
Murali Vijay (Chennai Super Kings) 15 Delhi Daredevils 2012
Glenn Maxwell (Kings XI Punjab) 15 Chennai Super Kings 2014
Quinton de Kock (Delhi Daredevils) 15 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2016
Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevlis) 15 Gujarat Lions 2017
Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) 15 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2018
Mahela Jayawardene (Kings XI Punjab) 14 Kolkata Knight Riders 2010
Shikhar Dhawan (Deccan Chargers) 14 Kings XI Punjab 2011
Dinesh Karthik (Mumbai Indians) 14 Delhi Daredevils 2013
Manvinder Bisla (Kolkata Knight Riders) 14 Chennai Super Kings 2013
Lendl Simmons (Mumbai Indians) 14 Kings XI Punjab 2014
Hashim Amla (Kings XI Punjab) 14 Sunrisers Hyderabad 2016

Most fours in IPL (Overall):

Player Fours Innings
Shikhar Dhawan 701 205
Virat Kohli 578 215
David Warner 561 162
Rohit Sharma 519 222
Suresh Raina 506 200
Gautam Gambhir 492 152
Robin Uthappa 481 197
Ajinkya Rahane 431 148
Dinesh Karthik 426 208
AB de Villiers 413 170
Chris Gayle 404 141
Shane Watson 375 141
Parthiv Patel 365 137
Ambati Rayudu 349 175
MS Dhoni 346 206
Story first published: Monday, May 30, 2022, 2:17 [IST]
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