Russell became the 9th player to hit 200 IPL sixes

Russell became the 9th player to hit 200 IPL sixes: Punjab defeated Delhi for the 17th time, SRH hit 15 sixes in the innings.

The first double header in IPL 2024 was played on Saturday. In the first match of the day, Punjab Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets. In the evening, in a thrilling match, KKR got a 4-run victory over SRH.

Punjab Kings have defeated RCB the most number of times in IPL. Now Delhi Capitals has also joined this record. Punjab has defeated both of them 17-17 times. On the other hand, Andre Russell of Kolkata completed 200 sixes in IPL. He became the 9th player to do so.

1. Andre Russell is the third Caribbean to score 200 sixes in IPL.

Andre Russell, who has been playing in IPL for KKR for a long time, completed 200 sixes in IPL. He became the 9th player overall and the third Caribbean player to do so. Before him, Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard of West Indies have also hit more than 200 sixes.

Gayle has hit the maximum number of sixes (357) in IPL. At the same time, this record among Indians is in the name of Rohit Sharma, he has hit 257 sixes. Among the players who have hit more than 200 sixes, there are 4 players from India and 3 from West Indies. There is also one player each from South Africa and Australia.

2. SRH hit most sixes in an innings

Sunrisers Hyderabad hit 15 sixes in Saturday night's match against Kolkata. With this the team got the maximum number of sixes in an IPL innings. Earlier in 2019, the team had hit 13 sixes each against RCB and in 2023 against RR.

3. Clausen equals Warner-Manish Pandey

SRH's Heinrich Klaasen hit 8 sixes against Kolkata on Saturday. With this he equaled the players who hit the most number of sixes in an innings for Hyderabad. Before him, David Warner had hit 8 sixes each against Kolkata in 2017 and Manish Pandey had hit 8 sixes against Rajasthan in 2020.

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