Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals & Mumbai Indians Cross Century of Maximums on April 27

Delhi Capitals (DC) and Mumbai Indians (MI) climbed up the charts in the battle for most sixes by a team in IPL 2024 as the two teams crossed a century of maximums for the season during match 43 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Saturday (April 27).

Jake Fraser-McGurk got the ball rolling with 6 sixes en route to 84 off 27 balls, while Shai Hope smashed 5 maximums during his knock of 41 as DC set a target of 258.

Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians reached century mark in the battle for most sixes by a team in IPL 2024

DC skipper Rishabh Pant and Tristan Stubbs also smashed 2 sixes each, while Axar Patel and Abhishek Porel hit 1 six each to take their sixes tally to 103 for the season.

Later in the run chase, Tilak Varma hit 4 sixes during his knock of 63 off 32 balls, while Tim David and skipper Hardik Pandya also hit 3 sixes, but MI fell short of the target by 11 runs.

Mohammad Nabi, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla and Luke Wood also got in the maximums as MI went to third for most sixes by a team in the ongoing season with 100 maximums.

The ongoing season has seen over 800 sixes being struck in 43 matches, projecting to a possible breach in the total sixes for an IPL season with more than 30 matches left to play this edition. The record stands at 1124 sixes in a 74-game season from last year.

Earlier in the week, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), the leaders, crossed a century of sixes, while Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) also made strides in the battle of the sixes. Here is a look at the most sixes scored by a team in IPL 2024 after DC vs MI IPL 2024 Match 43:

Most Sixes by a Team in IPL 2024

108 sixes - Sunrisers Hyderabad in 8 matches
103 sixes - Delhi Capitals in 10 matches
100 sixes - Mumbai Indians in 9 matches
90 sixes - Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 9 matches
87 sixes - Kolkata Knight Riders in 8 matches
85 sixes - Punjab Kings in 9 matches
65 sixes - Chennai Super Kings in 8 matches
64 sixes - Rajasthan Royals in 8 matches
62 sixes - Lucknow Super Giants in 8 matches
39 sixes - Gujarat Titans in 9 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 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.

After the match on April 27, MI stretched the lead on top of the list and inched closer to 1700 sixes, while DC went past 1300 sixes. Here is a look at the most sixes by active teams: