Longest Sixes in IPL 2024 ft. Dinesh Karthik

Longest Sixes In IPL: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Dinesh Karthik smashed a long and powerful 108 m six in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Karthik has placed himself top in the chart of longest six in IPL 2024 followed by Heinrich Klaasen, Nicholas Pooran and Venkatesh Iyer with 106m long six. Let’s check out the complete list of all the big hitters who are already enrolled and leading in this longest six-hitting contest of IPL 2024.

Longest Sixes In IPL 2024

Players	Six Distance	Against
Dinesh Karthik	108m	SRH
Heinrich Klaasen	106m	RCB
Nicholas Pooran	106m	RCB
Venkatesh Iyer (KKR)	106m	RCB
Jonny Bairstow	105m	KKR
Ishan Kishan (MI)	103m	SRH
Andre Russell(KKR)	102m	SRH
Abhishek Porel(DC)	99m	PBKS
Travis Head(SRH)	98m	MI
Andre Russell(KKR)	96m	SRH
Heinrich Klaasen(SRH)	94m	KKR
Riyan Parag(RR)	94m	DC
Mahipal Lomror(RCB)	92m	PBKS
Tilak Varma(MI)	92m	SRH

This Indian Premier League has always been fortunate to witness some of the longest out-of-the-park hits.

If we look back at previous seasons, CSK’s Albie Morkel still holds the record for the longest six, with a distance of 124 meters, which he hit against Pragyan Ojha of the Deccan Chargers (now defunct) during the inaugural 2008 season.

Longest Sixes in IPL history

Player	Team	Opponent	Six distance (metres)	Year
Albie Morkel	CSK	DC	125m	2008
Praveen Kumar	RCB	RR	124m	2008
Adam Gilchrist	PBKS	RCB	122m	2011
Robin Uthappa	RCB	MI	120m	2010
Chris Gayle	RCB	PWI	119m	2013
Ross Taylor	RCB	CSK	119m	2008
Yuvraj Singh	PBKS	CSK	119m	2009
Ben Cutting	SRH	RCB	117m	2016
Liam Livingstone	PBKS	GT	117m	2022
Faf du Plessis	RCB	LSG	115m	2023

IPL 2023 season was still the biggest six-hitting edition, (1,124 sixes)

Until now, 2023 has remained one of the most six-hitting seasons in the history of the IPL which saw strikers delivering a whopping 1,124 sixes hit during the tournament.

However, players like Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran, and Heinrich Klaasen this season have raised the strong possibility of smashing the record set in the last year’s edition.