Longest sixes of IPL 2023: Faf du Plessis leads with 115-metre maximum
IPL 2023 longest sixes: Faf du Plessis pulled a short delivery from Ravi Bishnoi over deep midwicket for a 115-metre six. The RCB skipper’s six is now the biggest of the ongoing IPL 2023 season.
Published : Apr 10, 2023 21:10 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
Faf du Plessis of Royal Challengers Bangalore in action against Lucknow Super Giants.
Faf du Plessis, skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore, smashed a 115-metre six against Lucknow Super Giants in Bengaluru on Monday. The ball sailed out of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium as du Plessis pulled a short delivery from Ravi Bishnoi over deep midwicket. The RCB skipper’s six is now the biggest of the ongoing IPL 2023 season.
The South African clobbered a total of five sixes and as many fours in his unbeaten 46-ball 79 as Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a mammoth 212 for two in 20 overs.
Here are the longest sixes of IPL 2023 so far:
| Batter | Distance (in metres) | Opponent | Ground |
| Faf du Plessis (RCB) | 115 | Lucknow Super Giants | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Tim David (MI) | 114 | Punjab Kings | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Jos Buttler (RR) | 112 | Lucknow Super Giants | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Shivam Dube | 111 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Andre Russell | 109 | DelhI Capitals | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Shivam Dube (CSK) | 102 | Lucknow Super Giants | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Rinku Singh (KKR) | 101 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Venkatesh Iyer (KKR) | 101 | Gujarat Titans | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR) | 101 | Punjab Kings | IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
| Nehal Wadhera (MI) | 101 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Liam Livingstone (PBKS) | 101 | Mumbai Indians | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |