Shreyas Surpasses Kohli In Elite IPL List

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Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the Qualifier 2 match and marched into the final of IPL 2025.

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Skipper Shreyas Iyer truly played a captain's knock as he scored an unbeaten 87 off 41 balls during the chase of 204.

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During his knock, Iyer smashed five boundaries and eight sixes and achieved a big feat.

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He has now completed 39 sixes in the ongoing edition of the IPL, the second most by any player.

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Currently, Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants has hit the most sixes (40) in IPL 2025.

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He also overtook Virat Kohli (38 sixes as RCB captain in 2016) for the most sixes by a skipper during a single season in the IPL.

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Iyer is also just four sixes away of surpassing Abhishek Sharma (42) of Sunrisers Hyderabad to register the most sixes by an Indian in one season.

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