Captain Rajat Patidar scored 56 runs from 39 balls for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL 2026 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday (May 22). He hammered 6 fours and 1 six during his stay
at the crease in the match that RCB lost by 55 runs. The one six by Rajat against SRH on Friday helped him extend his tally of sixes to 100 in the IPL. He is the fastest Indian batter (in terms of balls taken) to hit 100 sixes in the cash-rich league.
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According to Cricbuzz, Patidar needed 933 balls to complete 100 sixes in the IPL. The previous record of being the fastest Indian to hit 100 sixes in the IPL was in the name of Shivam Dube.
The left-handed batting all-rounder from Mumbai scored his 100th six in the IPL on the 992nd ball he faced.
The record of being the fastest batter to slam 100 sixes in the IPL is in the name of Andre Russell. The legendary all-rounder from the West Indies, who played in the IPL for two teams—Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders—completed a century of sixes in 657 balls.
Fewest balls to reach 100 sixes in IPL
| PLAYER | TEAM(S) | BALLS TAKEN |
| Andre Russell | Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders | 657 |
| Nicholas Pooran | Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Lucknow Super Giants | 884 |
| Rajat Patidar | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 933 |
| Chris Gayle | Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings | 943 |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 950 |
| Shivam Dube | Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings | 992 |
Patidar, who is RCB’s third highest run-getter in IPL 2026 with 393 runs to his name, is the second Indian and overall fourth batter to hit 100 or more sixes in the IPL for the Bengaluru-based franchise.
Since making his IPL debut in 2021, Patidar has played 55 matches for RCB and slammed 100 sixes.
The record of hitting the most sixes in the IPL for RCB is in the name of Virat Kohli. In 281 IPL matches for RCB in the last 19 years, Kohli has hammered 312 sixes. He is the first and only player in the world to hit 300 sixes for one team in T20s.
Most sixes for RCB in IPL
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Virat Kohli | 281* | 9128* | 312* |
| Chris Gayle | 85 | 3163 | 239 |
| AB de Villiers | 156 | 4491 | 238 |
| Rajat Patidar | 55* | 1504* | 100* |
| Faf du Plessis | 45 | 1636 | 70 |
In the list of batters with most sixes for RCB, Kohli is followed by Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers.
While Gayle hammered 239 sixes in 85 IPL matches for RCB from 2011 to 2017, De Villiers smashed 238 sixes in 156 IPL matches played from 2011 to 2021.
