IPL 2021: 5 Players With The Most Sixes In The 20th Over Of The Tournament

The big hitters in the death overs offer a lot more for the team and play a crucial role in defining the results of the game as we have seen in the IPL so many times. MS Dhoni has been a master of it for so many years and has done the difficult job on a consistent basis.

It needs a lot more fitness as we have seen many big hitters being injured more often due to the amount of stress on the body parts. With few more weeks for the IPL 2021 to kickstart, it is time to look at 5 players with the most sixes in the 20th over.

IPL 2021: 5 Players With The Most Sixes In The 20th Over:

Ravindra Jadeja – 17

Ravindra Jadeja has grown in heaps and bounds as a cricket in the last two to three years and it has been evident through his performances in recent times. He is one of the best all-rounders in the country now alongside Hardik Pandya and can be the renowned finisher at seven for India in the limited-overs format.

Despite CSK’s worries in the last season, Jadeja’s form with the bat was a very positive aspect for the upcoming edition. He had a good strike rate in the last IPL and continued his form into the Australia series where he finished off games at seven. He has 17 sixes in the 20th over and sits at the fifth position in the list of players with the most sixes in the 20th over.

Hardik Pandya – 23

Hardik Pandya has been a revelation after he has changed his stance in the IPL 2019 and it has improved his performances vastly. He waits back at the crease and launches with a lot of core strength making it very tough for the bowlers to bowl against him.

He has become a very dangerous batsman to bowl against and his recent performances for India in the Australian limited-overs tour earned him the man of the series award. He has been instrumental in the Mumbai Indians title-winning campaign in the last two years and looks to have settled into his role nicely at the back end. He has hit 23 sixes in the 20th over and is at fourth in the list of players with the most sixes in the 20th over.

Rohit Sharma – 23

Rohit Sharma has moved to the top of the order after the 2013 Champions trophy, and until that he was in the middle order in a finisher role which indeed worked to a small extent. He did not have the same impact as those of MS Dhoni or a Hardik Pandya but did prove his capability with the bat.

He later went on to become one of the best top-order batsmen right now and has been a sensation over the years. He played for the Deccan Chargers in the first three IPL in the middle order while he has managed to stay until the 20th over for the Mumbai Indians a lot of times. He is a great timer of the ball and hence hit sixes at will from the initial phase of his career. He has hit overall 23 sixes in the 20th over in his IPL career to sit at third place.

Kieron Pollard – 27

Kieron Pollard has been part of the Mumbai Indians from the 2009 edition and has played the finisher role to the perfect for many years. Mumbai have won the most titles so far in the IPL history with five under their belt and looks set for another title this year due to a strong batting lineup including the Pollard threat. Recently, Pollard became the second batsman in the T20 internationals to hit sixes in an over alongside Yuvraj Singh.

Kieron Pollard has always been a big six-hitter in any format he plays and takes a lot of responsibility while finishing games for any team he plays. He has been sent up the order at times to continue the momentum that the top order had imposed and is second in the list of players with the most sixes in the 20th over. Pollard has hit 27 sixes in the 20th over overall in his IPL career.

MS Dhoni – 49

MS Dhoni is by far the best finisher the game has ever seen and it is evident through his wonderful record for the Indian team as well in the IPL for the Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni is the perfect guy any team would want to be batting at the 20th over and there have been many occasions in the past where Dhoni has waited until the 20th over to unleash the beast inside him.

Dhoni started his career for India as a top-order batsman and then shifted to the responsibility of playing the finisher role after taking up the captaincy. He has hit 49 sixes so far in the 20th over in his IPL career which is 22 more than the next best Kieron Pollard. Dhoni is well on the way to become the first batsman to hit 50 sixes in the 20th over in IPL history.