By Admin 
IPL 2026 is going to start from March 28. In the first match, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face each other, this match will be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Fans are excited to see legends like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni etc. on the field. This season, Kohli will be aiming for a unique record, which till now only Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma have been able to make.
Virat Kohli is very close to a big record in IPL 2026. He has to hit only 9 sixes, by doing this he will become the third batsman to hit 300 sixes in the league. The record for hitting most sixes in the league is in the name of Chris Gayle, who has hit 357 sixes. Rohit Sharma had made the record of hitting 300 sixes last season.
Kohli will be the first batsman to do so
Chris Gayle has played for 4 teams (KKR/KXIP/PBKS/RCB) in IPL. Rohit Sharma has also played for 2 teams (DCH and MI). He also hit 22 sixes for Deccan Chargers. But Virat Kohli can become the first batsman who will complete 300 sixes while playing for the same team. Kohli has been playing for RCB since the first edition.
Kohli has played 267 matches in IPL so far, in which he has scored 8661 runs in 259 innings played. This includes 8 century innings, his best score is 113*. Kohli has hit 291 sixes and 771 fours.
Batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL (Top-5)
- 357 – Chris Gayle
- 302 – Rohit Sharma
- 291 – Virat Kohli
- 264 – MS Dhoni
- 251 – Chris Gayle
The first match of IPL 2026 will be between RCB and SRH in Bengaluru, but this time there will be no opening ceremony in the league. BCCI has taken this decision keeping in mind the stampede incident that took place during the victory parade last year. In fact, on June 4, RCB had celebrated the victory of its first title in the stadium. The organizers could not manage it due to the large number of fans coming. Eleven people were killed in a stampede outside the stadium.