21-year-old Mukul Choudhary played one of the best IPL knocks of all time on Thursday in Kolkata to help Lucknow Super Giants secure a 3-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders. In the IPL 2026 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the right-handed batter from Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan, who secured a deal worth Rs 2.60 crore from LSG in the IPL 2026 auction, played an unbeaten knock of 54 runs from 27 balls to help LSG chase down the target of 182 runs on the last ball of the match. During his stay at the crease, Mukul hammered 2 fours and 7 sixes for the Lucknow-based franchise. The seven maximums by Mukul against KKR helped him become only the second batter in IPL history to slam 7 sixes as a No. 7 or lower batter in the second innings of an IPL match.
Before Mukul, only Dwayne Bravo of the West Indies had managed to slam 7 sixes as a No. 7 or lower batter in the second innings of an IPL match. Bravo achieved that feat for Chennai Super Kings in the 2018 IPL match against Mumbai Indians, which was played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 7, 2018.
Most sixes by No. 7 or lower batter in IPL (run chase)
| PLAYER | TEAM | RUNS | BALLS | SIXES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 68 | 30 | 7 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (WS) | April 7, 2018 |
| Mukul Choudhary | Lucknow Super Giants | 54* | 27 | 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 9, 2026 |
| Yusuf Pathan | Rajasthan Royals | 62* | 30 | 6 | Delhi Capitals | Centurion | April 28, 2009 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 54 | 22 | 6 | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai (WS) | April 21, 2021 |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 56* | 15 | 6 | Mumbai Indians | Pune | April 6, 2022 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 48 | 25 | 6 | Gujarat Titans | Navi Mumbai | April 23, 2022 |
In the history of the IPL, only one No. 7 or lower batter has managed to hit more sixes in a match than Mukul’s and Bravo’s tally of 7. That feat was achieved by former West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell. Russell smashed 11 maximums for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first innings of the 2018 IPL match against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 10, 2018.
Most sixes by No. 7 or lower batter in IPL match
| PLAYER | TEAM | RUNS | BALLS | SIXES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 88* | 36 | 11 | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | April 10, 2018 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 68 | 30 | 7 | Mumbai Indians | Mumbai (WS) | April 7, 2018 |
| Mukul Choudhary | Lucknow Super Giants | 54* | 27 | 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 9, 2026 |
| Yusuf Pathan | Rajasthan Royals | 62* | 30 | 6 | Delhi Capitals | Centurion | April 28, 2009 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 62 | 28 | 6 | Delhi Capitals | Delhi | March 30, 2019 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 54 | 22 | 6 | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai (WS) | April 21, 2021 |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders | 56* | 15 | 6 | Mumbai Indians | Pune | April 6, 2022 |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 48 | 25 | 6 | Gujarat Titans | Navi Mumbai | April 23, 2022 |
| Romario Shepherd | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 53* | 14 | 6 | Chennai Super Kings | Bengaluru | May 3, 2025 |
The overall record of hitting most sixes in the second innings of an IPL match is held by Sanath Jayasuriya and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Jayasuriya hammered 11 sixes for Mumbai Indians during his 114-run knock against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2008 match at Wankhede Stadium on May 14, and Sooryavanshi also smashed 11 sixes for Rajasthan Royals against Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2025 match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 28, 2025.
