10 sixes, 4 fours… Finn Allen’s batting chaos, broke GT bowlers

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|17-05-2026

Finn Allen's batting chaos. (Photo- PTI)

Finn Allen vs Gujarat Titans: In the 60th match of IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders opener Finn Allen played an explosive innings against Gujarat Titans. Finn Allen showered sixes in Eden Gardens. This innings of Finn Allen was full of records, but he missed out on scoring a century. He had also recently played a century and continued that streak against Gujarat Titans, due to which the Kolkata team managed to put a big score on the board.

Finn Allen's batting chaos

In this match, Finn Allen played a stormy inning of 93 runs in just 35 balls, which included 4 fours and 10 sixes.

He scored these runs at a strike rate of 265.71. Earlier, Finn Allen had hit 10 sixes while scoring a century for Delhi. With this, he has become the first player of Kolkata Knight Riders to hit 10 sixes in an innings twice in IPL. At the same time, he is only the fourth player to do so in IPL history.

Most sixes for KKR in an IPL innings

  • 13 – Brendon McCullum VS RCB, Bengaluru, 2008
  • 11 – Andre Russell VS CSK, Chennai, 2018
  • 10 – Finn Allen VS Delhi, Delhi, 2026
  • 10 – Finn Allen VS Gujarat, Kolkata, 2026

Most IPL innings with 10+ sixes

  • 4 times – Chris Gayle
  • 2 times – Abhishek Sharma
  • 2 times – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
  • 2 times – Finn Allen

Finn Allen broke this record

With this inning, Allen has increased his total number of sixes this season to 27. By achieving this feat in just 9 matches, he has become the player to hit the most sixes in the debut season for KKR. Earlier this record was in the name of Phil Salt, who had hit 24 sixes in 2024. Now he has two matches left, in which he can break the record of 31 sixes made by Sanath Jayasuriya in 2008.

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Mohid Khan is serving as a senior sub-editor on the sports desk of TV9 Hindi. He has 4 years of experience in journalism. He is originally from Beawar city of Rajasthan. Mohid has obtained the degree of Journalism and Mass Communication from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. He is fond of reading, writing and playing. He started his career with India News. After this he worked in institutions like OneIndia Hindi, Zee News and India TV. He is an expert in minutely analyzing any cricket match and is also interested in making news related to other sports.

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