Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024 After Sunrisers Hyderabad Beat Delhi Capitals by 67 Runs on April 20

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Sunrisers Hyderabad inched close to a century of sixes and claimed a lead on their own in the battle of sixes for a team in IPL 2024 after posting 266/7 against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday (April 20).

SRH's usual suspects, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen had Shahbaz Ahmed for company as they combined to hit 22 sixes in the match against DC. SRH has made it a habit of hitting sixes for fun as they raced to 99 sixes in 7 matches.

In the run chase of 267 on April 20, DC also smashed nine maximums with Jake Fraser-McGurk scoring 7 sixes, but the team fell short of the impossible target by 67 runs.

The ongoing season has seen over 600 sixes being struck in just 35 matches, projecting to a possible breach in the total sixes for an IPL season. The record stands at 1124 sixes in a 74-game season from last year.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians had gone level with SRH for most sixes by a team, but the latest onslaught from the Hybderabad-based side has seen them runaway from the rest of the chasing pack.

The battle of sixes is set to intensify over the coming weeks with Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru all set to be in action in the next few days. Here is a look at the most sixes scored by a team in IPL 2024 after DC vs SRH IPL 2024 Match 35:

Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024

• 99 sixes - Sunrisers Hyderabad in 9 matches
• 77 sixes - Mumbai Indians in 6 matches
• 70 sixes - Delhi Capitals in 8 matches
• 65 sixes - Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 7 matches
• 62 sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders in 6 matches
• 56 sixes - Punjab Kings in 7 matches
• 55 sixes - Rajasthan Royals in 7 matches
• 55 sixes - Chennai Super Kings in 7 matches
• 52 sixes - Lucknow Super Giants in 7 matches
• 27 sixes - Gujarat Titans in 7 matches

The above list speaks about the most sixes scored by the team in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League. The current leaders are way behind the legacy teams in terms of most maximums hit by a team in IPL history.

That record is currently held by Mumbai Indians followed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who have smashed over 1500 sixes. Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have all hit over 1400 sixes.

Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad are all above 1000 or closing in on that number. Gujarat Titans and LSG, the newcomers, are yet to cross the 300-mark. Here is a look at the most sixes by active teams:

Most Sixes by a Team in IPL history

• 1625 sixes - Mumbai Indians in 254 matches
• 1549 sixes - Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 248 matches
• 1456 sixes - Chennai Super Kings in 232 matches
• 1449 sixes - Punjab Kings in 239 matches
• 1413 sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders in 243 matches
• 1283 sixes - Delhi Capitals in 246 matches
• 1178 sixes - Rajasthan Royals in 213 matches
• 959 sixes - Sunrisers Hyderabad in 173 matches
• 282 sixes - Lucknow Super Giants in 37 matches
• 230 sixes - Gujarat Titans in 40 matches