Mumbai Indians were out of IPL 2026 long ago. But the team’s opening batsman Ryan Rickleton has performed a historic feat in his last league match. He has equaled Suryakumar Yadav in terms of hitting the most sixes for Mumbai Indians.

Ryan Rickleton scored 12 runs in the match against Rajasthan Royals and hit a six in this short innings. Ryan Rickleton has equaled Suryakumar Yadav in terms of hitting the most sixes for Mumbai Indians in a season. Rickleton hit 38 sixes this season, whereas Suryakumar had hit the same number of sixes for MI last season.

Most sixes in an IPL season (MI)

• 38 sixes – Suryakumar Yadav – IPL 2025
• 38 Sixes – Ryan Rickleton – IPL 2026
• 31 Sixes – Sanath Jayasuriya – IPL 2008
• 30 sixes – Ishan Kishan – IPL 2020

If we look at the overall statistics of T20 cricket, the record of hitting most sixes for Mumbai Indians is in the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit has hit 288 sixes so far while playing for Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar Yadav is at third place in this list, who has 156 sixes in his name.

This season has been very good for Ryan Rickleton. He is the highest run-scorer for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2026 tournament. He scored 448 runs in 12 matches. During this period he also scored one century and two half-centuries.

On the other hand, for Mumbai Indians till date no batsman has been able to touch the figure of 40 sixes in a season. But in this season, Rajasthan Royals batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has hit 53 sixes. He is the Indian batsman who has hit the most sixes in a season.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made a record against Lucknow Super Giants, which no Indian had been able to achieve till now. Vaibhav has set the record of being the only Indian to hit 50 or more sixes in a single IPL season. He made this record during his innings of 93 runs against Lucknow.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 93 runs playing 38 balls in the match against LSG. At one time he was playing after scoring 11 runs in 12 balls, but after the power play was over, Vaibhav’s bat burst into such fire that he scored 82 runs in the next 26 balls. In this stormy innings, Vaibhav hit 7 fours and 10 sixes.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history

This has happened only for the fourth time in the history of IPL, when a batsman has touched the figure of 50 sixes in a season. Before this, Chris Gayle has done this twice and once Andre Russell has hit more than 50 sixes in the season. Vaibhav is the first Indian batsman to hit fifty sixes in a season.

50+ sixes in an IPL season

• 59 Sixes – Chris Gayle – IPL 2012
• 53 sixes – Vaibhav Suryavanshi – IPL 2026
• 52 Sixes – Andre Russell – IPL 2019
• 51 Sixes – Chris Gayle – IPL 2013

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone far ahead among the Indians who have hit the most number of sixes in a season. After him in the list of Indians, comes Abhishek Sharma, who hit 42 sixes in the IPL 2024 season. Abhishek and Vaibhav, only these two Indians have crossed the figure of 40 or more sixes in an IPL season. Shreyas Iyer had hit 39 sixes in the 2025 season.

Vaibhav has once again won the Orange Cap on the basis of his inning of 93 runs against Lucknow. He has 579 runs in his name in 13 matches. In second place is Mitchell Marsh of Lucknow, who has 563 runs in his name.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made many records in his short IPL career. It is very surprising that Suryavanshi has hit more sixes than fours in his career. Now in IPL 2026, he has made a great record of sixes. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has the record of being the Indian batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in a single IPL season.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes the new ‘Sixer King’

Till now the record of hitting most sixes by an Indian batsman in an IPL season was in the name of Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek had hit a total of 42 sixes in IPL 2024. But now Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone ahead of him, because till now he has hit 43 sixes in IPL 2026.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (43) is at the forefront of hitting most sixes in the IPL 2026 season. Abhishek Sharma is in second place, who has hit 37 sixes so far. Ryan Rickleton of Mumbai Indians has also hit 37 sixes in the current season.

Indians who hit most sixes in an IPL season

• 43 Six – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (IPL 2026)
• 42 Six – Abhishek Sharma (IPL 2024)
• 39 Six – Shreyas Iyer (IPL 2025)
• 38 Six – Virat Kohli (IPL 2016)
• 38 Six – Virat Kohli (IPL 2024)

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If we look at Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s short IPL career, till now he has scored 738 runs in 19 matches at an average of 38.84. 15 year old Vaibhav also has three half-centuries and 2 centuries to his name. These figures look even more impressive when you know that in his career of only 19 matches, he has hit 67 sixes and 61 fours. He has scored one century each in both the seasons played so far.

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