Legendary Indian batter Rohit Sharma opened the innings for Mumbai Indians in their second match of IPL 2026 on Saturday, April 4, against Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium and scored 35 runs from 26 balls. The 38-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai hammered 5 fours and 1 six during his stay at the crease before Nitish Rana completed his catch off Axar Patel’s bowling. But before making his way back to the pavilion in the 10th over of MI’s innings in the match taking place at the iconic stadium in Delhi, Rohit entered his name in the history books. He broke MS Dhoni’s record of hitting the most sixes against one team in the IPL by an Indian batter.
Dhoni, who is part of CSK‘s IPL 2026 squad, has hammered 50 sixes so far against Royal
Challengers Bengaluru, whereas the six off Vipraj Nigam’s bowling on the sixth ball of the seventh over on Saturday helped Rohit extend his tally of sixes to 51 against Delhi Capitals.
The world record of hitting most sixes against one team in the world’s richest franchise cricket league is in the name of Chris Gayle. Gayle hammered 61 sixes in 16 IPL matches against Punjab Kings for two teams – Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru – and 54 sixes in 19 IPL matches against KKR for RCB and PBKS.
Most sixes against one team in the IPL
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | TEAM(S) | MATCHES | SIXES | AGAINST |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | KKR, RCB | 16 | 61 | Punjab Kings |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | RCB, PBKS | 19 | 54 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Rohit Sharma | India | HDC, MI | 38 | 51 | Delhi Capitals |
| MS Dhoni | India | CSK, RPSG | 38 | 50 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Virat Kohli | India | RCB | 35 | 48 | Chennai Super Kings |
| Rohit Sharma | India | HDC, MI | 36 | 47 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| AB de Villiers | South Africa | DC, RCB | 25 | 44 | Punjab Kings |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | KKR, RCB, PBKS | 20 | 44 | Mumbai Indians |
| Kieron Pollard | West Indies | MI | 27 | 44 | Chennai Super Kings |
| David Warner | Australia | DC, SRH | 23 | 44 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
Rohit is third on the list now with 51 sixes in 38 IPL matches against Delhi Capitals, formerly Delhi Daredevils, for two teams – Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians.
Most sixes against one team in IPL (by Indian batters)
| PLAYER | TEAM(S) | MATCHES | SIXES | AGAINST |
| Rohit Sharma | HDC, MI | 38 | 51 | Delhi Capitals |
| MS Dhoni | CSK, RPSG | 38 | 50 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 35 | 48 | Chennai Super Kings |
| Rohit Sharma | HDC, MI | 36 | 47 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| KL Rahul | SRH, PBKS, LSG, DC | 18 | 43 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| MS Dhoni | CSK, RPSG | 35 | 40 | Punjab Kings |
| Rohit Sharma | HDC, MI | 33 | 40 | Punjab Kings |
| MS Dhoni | CSK, RPSG | 34 | 39 | Delhi Capitals |
| Sanju Samson | RR, DC | 24 | 39 | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
| KL Rahul | SRH, RCB, PBKS, LSG, DC | 21* | 38 | Mumbai Indians |
| Rohit Sharma | HDC, MI | 36 | 38 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Rohit Sharma | HDC, MI | 34 | 38 | Chennai Super Kings |
Dhoni has 50 sixes to his name in 38 IPL matches against RCB for Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Super Giants, and Virat Kohli is fifth in the list with 48 sixes in 35 IPL matches against CSK for RCB.
Had Rohit managed to score 11 more runs (46 overall) against Delhi Capitals on Saturday, he would have entered his name in the record books by becoming the first player to score 6000 runs in the IPL for Mumbai Indians. As of now, he has 5989 runs to his name in 229 IPL matches for the Mumbai Indians.
