Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024 After SRH Seal Final Berth After Victory Over RR on May 24

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) continued to dominate the battle for most sixes by a team in IPL 2024 and sealed the final berth following a 36-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 at the MA Chidambara Stadium in Chennai on Friday (May 24).

Put in to bat first in the third playoff match, SRH lost the tournament's leading six-hitter Abhishek Sharma early. But the young opener still managed to hit one six in his six-ball stay at the crease, taking his tally to 42 sixes for the season.

While Abhishek fell early, his opening partner Travis Head and Shahbaz Ahmed also hit a maximum each in the SRH innings. Rahul Tripathi to continued his form with two big hits, but it was Heinrich Klaasen, who smashed 4 sixes to take SRH to 175/9.

In response, Yashasvis Jaiswal started RR's chase with 3 maximums, while Dhruv Jurel was the only other contributor for sixes with 2 as the inaugural champions fell short of the target and bowed out of the tournament.

The victory saw SRH seal the IPL final berth for the third time. The Sunrisers will hope for a better outing than the qualifier 1 against Kolkata Knight Riders in the title clash on Sunday (May 26).

The ongoing season has seen over 1250 sixes being struck in 73 matches, projecting to the possible extension on record for the total sixes in an IPL season with at least 4 more matches left to play this edition.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru breached the 160 sixes mark, while all the other teams except Gujarat Titans crossed a century of sixes to make this the best season for maximums. Here is a look at the most sixes scored by a team in IPL 2024 after SRH vs RR IPL 2024 Qualifier 2:

Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024

• 175 sixes - Sunrisers Hyderabad in 15 matches
• 165 sixes - Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 15 matches
• 135 sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders in 13 matches
• 135 sixes - Delhi Capitals in 14 matches
• 133 sixes - Mumbai Indians in 14 matches
• 120 sixes - Punjab Kings in 14 matches
• 112 sixes - Rajasthan Royals in 15 matches
• 107 sixes - Chennai Super Kings in 14 matches
• 102 sixes - Lucknow Super Giants in 14 matches
• 67 sixes - Gujarat Titans in 12 matches

The above list speaks about the most sixes scored by the team in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League. The current leader is 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 both smashed over 1600 sixes. Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings have both hit over 1500 sixes, while KKR has struck over 1400 maximums.

Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad are all above 1000. Gujarat Titans and LSG, the newcomers, are hovering around the 300-mark.

After the SRH vs RR qualifier 2 on May 24, Sunrisers Hyderabad got closer to 1050 maximums, while Rajasthan Royals closed in on 1250 sixes in IPL history. Here is a look at the most sixes by active teams:

Most Sixes by a Team in IPL history

• 1681 sixes - Mumbai Indians in 261 matches
• 1649 sixes - Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 256 matches
• 1513 sixes - Punjab Kings in 245 matches
• 1508 sixes - Chennai Super Kings in 239 matches
• 1486 sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders in 250 matches
• 1348 sixes - Delhi Capitals in 252 matches
• 1235 sixes - Rajasthan Royals in 222 matches
• 1035 sixes - Sunrisers Hyderabad in 181 matches
• 332 sixes - Lucknow Super Giants in 44 matches
• 270 sixes - Gujarat Titans in 45 matches