Suryakumar Yadav Becomes 3rd Cricketer To Hit 150 Sixes For Mumbai Indians

Suryakumar Yadav is leading Mumbai Indians in their second match of IPL 2026 on Saturday, April 4. In the match taking place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi against Delhi Capitals, the 35-year-old right-handed batter from Mumbai walked out to bat at No. 4 and scored 51 runs from 36 balls. During his stay at the crease, Suryakumar hammered 3 fours and 2 sixes for the Mumbai-based team and added 53 runs from 40 balls for the third wicket with Rohit Sharma, who made 35 runs from 26 balls. The two sixes by Surya on Saturday in Delhi helped him join Rohit and Kieron Pollard in an elite list of batters. Surya is the third cricketer to hit 150 sixes for the Mumbai Indians.

Surya, who was retained for Rs 16.35 crore by Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025

mega auction, has 150 sixes to his name in 114 innings of 116 T20 matches for MI. He needed a couple of sixes against DC to join the 150-sixes list, and he achieved the objective by hitting Kuldeep Yadav for a maximum on the first ball of the 15th over of MI’s innings. He had earlier smashed his first six of the match on the first ball of the eighth over of MI’s innings bowled by Axar Patel.

The record of hitting most sixes for MI in T20s is in the name of Rohit Sharma. Rohit, who hit one six on Saturday as well, overall has 274 sixes to his credit in 238 matches for MI. Pollard is second on the list with 258 sixes in 211 matches.

Most sixes for Mumbai Indians

PLAYER	MATCHES	RUNS	SIXES
Rohit Sharma	238*	6262	274
Kieron Pollard	211	3915	258
Suryakumar Yadav	116*	3817	150
Hardik Pandya	122	1934	121
Ishan Kishan	89	2325	106

The record of hitting the most sixes for one IPL team is in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli has hammered 310 maximums in 283 T20 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru since making his debut for them on April 18, 2008, against Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru.

Kohli has 296 sixes to his name in 268 IPL matches for RCB and 14 sixes in 15 Champions League T20 matches for the Bengaluru-based franchise.

Most sixes for one team in IPL

PLAYER	COUNTRY	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	SIXES
Virat Kohli	India	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	268	8730	296
Rohit Sharma	India	Mumbai Indians	229	5989	258
Chris Gayle	West Indies	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	85	3163	239
AB de Villiers	South Africa	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	156	4991	238
MS Dhoni	India	Chennai Super Kings	248	4865	234

In the IPL, apart from Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar has played for Kolkata Knight Riders. He was part of the KKR squad in the IPL from 2014 to 2017 and even won the IPL title under Gautam Gambhir’s leadership in 2014.