Batters to Hit 5 Sixes in an Over in IPL History

The five-six over is one of T20 cricket’s most electrifying achievements. In IPL history, only a select group of batters has managed to clear the ropes five times in six balls, each instance etched in fans’ memories. This list counts only the strict feat: one batter hitting five sixes in a single over. Sixes shared between two batters in the same over, and sixes split across two overs, do not count, and they are explained separately below so the record stays clean.

Through the 2026 season, the verified single-batter, single-over list stands at five names. No new entry was added in 2026: the two five-six bursts that made headlines that season were shared between two batters in one over, or split across two overs, as detailed in the near-misses section.

Complete List of Batters With 5 Sixes in an Over in IPL History

Batter	Team	Season	Bowler	Match and Venue
Chris Gayle	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2012	Rahul Sharma	vs Pune Warriors India, Bengaluru
Rahul Tewatia	Rajasthan Royals	2020	Sheldon Cottrell	vs Punjab Kings, Sharjah
Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	2021	Harshal Patel	vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Wankhede, Mumbai
Rinku Singh	Kolkata Knight Riders	2023	Yash Dayal	vs Gujarat Titans, Ahmedabad
Riyan Parag	Rajasthan Royals	2025	Moeen Ali	vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Eden Gardens

Chris Gayle: The First Batter to Hit 5 Sixes in an IPL Over

Chris Gayle was the first batter to hit five sixes in an over in IPL history. The West Indian powerhouse did it in 2012 against Pune Warriors India at Bengaluru, taking leg-spinner Rahul Sharma apart in the 13th over. After Saurabh Tiwary took a single, Gayle launched five consecutive deliveries into the stands on his way to 81 from 48 balls, an innings containing eight sixes in total.

Gayle’s method was pure power. Standing still and swinging through the line, he cleared boundaries with contemptuous ease. His five-six over was not an anomaly but an expression of his dominance, and it set the benchmark that every later entry on this list has been measured against. It is worth separating this feat from his more famous innings a year later: his unbeaten 175 against Pune in 2013, featuring seventeen sixes, was a different match and a different record.

Rahul Tewatia’s Miracle Five Sixes Against Punjab Kings

The most famous five-six over came at Sharjah in 2020. Rajasthan Royals needed 51 from 18 balls against Punjab Kings, and Rahul Tewatia, struggling on 8 from 19 balls and facing ridicule, suddenly exploded. He hit Sheldon Cottrell for five consecutive sixes in the 18th over, 30 runs from the over, transforming the match and his reputation in the space of six balls.

Rajasthan won a game they had no right to win, and Tewatia became an overnight sensation. His 53 from 31 balls remains one of the great IPL innings, and the over remains the defining example of how quickly a T20 match can flip: one over earlier, the chase looked dead; one over later, it was Rajasthan’s to lose.

Ravindra Jadeja’s 37-Run Over Against Harshal Patel

Ravindra Jadeja produced the most expensive over in IPL history in 2021, and it contained five sixes. Facing Royal Challengers Bengaluru seamer Harshal Patel in the final over at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Jadeja collected 37 runs: five sixes and a four, with the tally pushed past 36 by a waist-high no-ball and its free hit. Patel had figures of 3 for 14 from three overs before that over and finished with 4 for 51.

Jadeja finished on 62 from 28 balls and Chennai posted 191 for 4, going on to win by 69 runs. The 37-run over equalled Chris Gayle’s record for the most runs in an IPL over, set against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011. Jadeja then completed a magnificent all-round match by taking three wickets and effecting a run-out in the chase.

Rinku Singh’s Final-Over Five Sixes Against Gujarat Titans

The most dramatic entry on the list belongs to Rinku Singh. Kolkata Knight Riders needed 29 runs from the final over against Gujarat Titans at Ahmedabad on 9 April 2023, after Rashid Khan’s hat-trick in the 17th over had reduced them to 155 for 7 chasing 205. Umesh Yadav took a single from the first ball of the last over, and Rinku then hit Yash Dayal for five consecutive sixes to win the match by three wickets.

Rinku finished on 48 not out from 21 balls, with six sixes in the innings in total, and was named Player of the Match. He later said the innings changed his life and credited it with his rise to India selection. The 29 runs required remains the largest final-over requirement ever successfully chased in the IPL.

Riyan Parag and the First Six Consecutive Sixes in IPL History

The latest entrant to the list is Rajasthan Royals’ stand-in captain for IPL 2025, Riyan Parag, who unlocked this feat by smashing Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Moeen Ali for five successive sixes in the 13th over at Eden Gardens on 4 May 2025. Parag then went one better than everyone on this list: after his partner Shimron Hetmyer took a single, he hit the second ball of the next over, from Varun Chakravarthy, for six as well, becoming the first player in IPL history to hit six consecutive sixes across two overs.

Parag finished with 95 from 45 balls, with eight sixes and six fours, but his heroics came in a losing cause, as Rajasthan finished on 205 for 8 chasing 207 and lost by a single run. That distinction matters for the record books: Parag is the first IPL batter to hit six sixes in a row, but nobody has yet hit six sixes in a single IPL over. His five-six over still counts here, because the first five came in one over from one bowler.

Near Misses: Five-Six Bursts That Do Not Count as One Over

Two famous bursts are often wrongly added to this list, and both deserve an honest explanation. Kieron Pollard’s celebrated assault for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013, when he smashed an unbeaten 66 from 27 balls to win the match, featured six huge sixes off successive overs from Thisara Perera and Amit Mishra, not five sixes in a single over. It was a match-winning burst, but it does not meet the single-over definition.

Similarly, in 2022, Lucknow Super Giants’ Marcus Stoinis and Jason Holder combined to hit five sixes in one over from Shivam Mavi against Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune, but the sixes were shared between two batters, so neither batter individually hit five sixes in that over. In 2026, the same distinction applied again: Cooper Connolly hit three sixes and Priyansh Arya two in a single 32-run over from Aiden Markram, while Chennai Super Kings’ Urvil Patel hit five sixes in a row split across two overs, three off Avesh Khan and two off Digvesh Rathi. Neither is a single-batter, single-over feat.

Why Five Sixes in an Over Is So Rare in the IPL

Thousands of overs have been bowled in IPL history. The combination of power, timing, bowler error and match situation required for five sixes makes it extraordinarily rare. Each instance required a batter at the peak of confidence facing an attack under pressure, and most of them arrived when the match situation removed any fear of getting out: a hopeless chase, a final over with wickets in hand, or a bowler who had lost his length.

The bowlers on the receiving end underline that point. Rahul Sharma, Sheldon Cottrell, Harshal Patel, Yash Dayal and Moeen Ali are all proven performers, and most of them were having good matches before the over in question. Harshal Patel, for example, was the Purple Cap holder when Jadeja took him for 37. Five-six overs are less about weak bowling than about a batter entering a zone where length, line and field settings stop mattering.

FAQs About 5 Sixes in an Over in IPL

Who hit 5 sixes in an over in IPL?

Chris Gayle in 2012, Rahul Tewatia in 2020, Ravindra Jadeja in 2021, Rinku Singh in 2023 and Riyan Parag in 2025 have all hit five sixes in a single IPL over.

What is Tewatia’s famous innings?

Rahul Tewatia hit five sixes off Sheldon Cottrell in 2020, turning a hopeless chase into a miraculous Rajasthan Royals win at Sharjah.

How many sixes did Gayle hit in his 175?

Chris Gayle hit seventeen sixes in his record 175 not out against Pune Warriors India in 2013, but his five-six over came in a different match, in 2012 against Rahul Sharma.

Has anyone hit 6 sixes in a single over in the IPL?

No. Nobody has hit six sixes in a single IPL over. Riyan Parag is the first IPL batter to hit six consecutive sixes, but his came across two overs in 2025. Yuvraj Singh famously hit six sixes in an over in international T20 cricket, against Stuart Broad in 2007.

Who is the best finisher in IPL history?

MS Dhoni, Kieron Pollard and AB de Villiers are the leading contenders, each with multiple match-winning finishes, though neither Pollard nor de Villiers has a verified single-over five-six feat on this list.

How rare are five-six overs?

Extremely rare. Among thousands of IPL overs, only five single-batter instances have been verified through the 2026 season, making each one historic.