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Records are made and broken every year in the Indian Premier League. If we look at IPL 2024, in almost every match some player is making new records. Nicholas Pooran completed 100 sixes in his IPL career in the match played between RCB and LSG on April 2. By doing this he has left many greats behind. Puran played a stormy inning of 40 runs in just 21 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore, during which he hit only 1 four and 5 sixes. Nicholas Pooran has now joined the list of players who have hit 100 sixes in less than 1000 balls in IPL.
Nicholas Pooran broke Chris Gayle's record
Let us tell you that the record of completing 100 sixes in IPL by playing the least number of balls is in the name of Andre Russell. Russell hit 100 sixes in IPL in just 658 balls in his career. Andre Russell has hit a total of 200 sixes so far in the Indian Premier League. Russell is just 3 hits away from hitting 200 sixes for KKR.
Nicholas Pooran has taken the second place in this list after Andre Russell. Puran has been playing in the IPL since 2019 and has played 884 balls to hit 100 sixes. Puran has hit 103 sixes in 65 matches in his IPL career. Puran has hit 12 sixes in just 3 matches so far in IPL 2024.
Nicholas Pooran broke Chris Gayle's record
Chris Gayle, the player who has hit the most sixes in the history of the Indian Premier League, played 944 balls to complete 100 sixes. Gayle hit 357 sixes in his IPL career, which is a record in itself. Gayle is the only player in this league to hit more than 300 sixes so far.