Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Hardik Pandya became the fastest Indian to reach the 100 sixes mark in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during his team’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the ongoing IPL 2022 on April 11, 2022.
SRH skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to field first. Both GT and SRH went in unchanged and SRH bowlers made the first mark, dismissing Shubman Gill for 7, Matthew Wade for 19, and Sai Sudharshan for 11 runs.
Hardik Pandya with 50 and Abhinav Manohar with 35 were the main scorers for GT, as they managed 162/7 in 20 overs. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan picked two wickets apiece.
Pandya hit only one six during his knock of 50* in 42 balls, but that was enough for him to complete 100 sixes in the IPL. He also broke Rishabh Pant’s record for being the fastest Indian to that milestone in terms of balls.
Rishabh Pant got to the 100 sixes in IPL in 1234 balls, while Pandya reached the milestone in 1046 balls. Only Chris Gayle (943) and Andre Russell (657) are the fastest than the Indian all-rounder and hold the top two spots in the record list.
Here are the fastest batters to 100 sixes in IPL in terms of balls faced:
Andre Russell - 657
Chris Gayle - 943
Hardik Pandya - 1046
Kieron Pollard - 1094
Glenn Maxwell - 1118
Rishabh Pant - 1234
Yusuf Pathan - 1313
Yuvraj Singh - 1336
(India Today inputs)
