Longest Six in IPL: IPL means that stage of cricket where rain of runs is seen. Shower of sixes and fours and innumerable flurry of wickets. But, do you know who hit the longest six in IPL history? Who has hit the longest distance six in each season of IPL? These questions must have piqued your interest by now.

So let us know who has hit the longest six so far and for how long has this record been maintained.

Who hit the longest six in IPL?

You will be surprised to know that the record of hitting the longest six in IPL history is neither in the name of Chris Gayle nor in the name of MS Dhoni. Even AB de Villiers and Tim David could not do this? Even Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma are still out of his reach. None of them hit the longest six in IPL history. Then who planted it? Answer is- Albie Morkel.

Record of longest six in the name of Albie Morkel

The record of hitting the longest six so far in IPL is in the name of South African all-rounder Albie Morkel.

In 2008, i.e. in the very first edition of IPL, he had hit a 125 meter long six, which is still a record even after 18 years.

Who hit the longest six in which season?

Now it is understood that in IPL 2008 i.e. the first season of IPL, the longest six was hit by Albie Morkel. But, what about the rest of the season? Let us take a look at that also.

The longest six in IPL 2009 was hit by Adam Gilchrist of 122 meters. In IPL 2010, Robin Uthappa hit the longest six of 120 meters.

The longest six of IPL 2011 once again came from the bat of Adam Gilchrist, in which the ball fell 122 meters away. The record of hitting the longest distance six in IPL 2012 was in the name of MS Dhoni. He had hit a six of 112 meters.

Chris Gayle was the batsman who hit the longest sixes in IPL 2013. He had hit a six of 119 meters. The distance of the longest six hit in IPL 2014 was slightly less. This season, David Miller had hit the longest six of 102 meters. AB de Villiers was the batsman who hit the longest six in IPL 2015 by hitting a six of 111 meters.

In IPL 2016, Ben Cutting hit the longest six of 117 meters. The longest six of IPL 2017 was hit by Travis Head. He had hit a six of 109 meters this season.

The longest six of IPL 2018 was 111 meters, which was hit by AB de Villiers. Even in IPL 2019, the longest six was 111 meters, but this time it was MS Dhoni who hit it. The longest six of IPL 2020 has been hit by Nicholas Puran, which is 106 meters. In IPL 2021, the longest six of 105 meters was hit by Kieron Pollard.

The six of 117 meters was the longest in IPL 2022 and the one who hit it was Liam Livingston. In IPL 2023, the longest six of 115 meters was hit, which came from the bat of Faf du Plessis.

The longest six in IPL 2024 was 108 meters, which was hit by Heinrich Klaasen.