IPL Records: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has appeared in excellent form in IPL 2023. The Rajasthan team has played 11 matches so far, in which Sanju Samson has performed many brilliant innings. On the other hand, Sanju played a brilliant inning in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad last Sunday (May 7). However, he could not win the team. Sanju made a special record by hitting 5 sixes in his innings.
Wicket-keeper batsmen with most sixes in IPL
In the match played against Hyderabad, Sanju scored 66 runs in 38 balls with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes. After his innings, he overtook KL Rahul in terms of maximum dismissals as a wicket-keeper batsman in IPL.
Sanju has been included in the list of top-5 wicket-keeper batsmen who have hit most sixes in IPL. In this list, Sanju has come at number four with 114 sixes, while Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul is at the last number with 109 sixes. Apart from this, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at number one with 232 sixes.
Top-5 wicket-keeper batsmen with most sixes in IPL
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) – 232 sixes.
- Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 131 sixes.
- Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals) – 123 sixes.
- Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals) – 114 sixes.
- KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants) – 109 sixes.
Sanju’s performance in IPL 2023 so far
Sanju Samson has so far played a total of 11 innings in IPL 2023, in which he has scored 308 runs at an average of 30.80 with a strike rate of 154.77. During this, 3 half-centuries have come out of his bat. And so far he has hit 19 sixes.
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