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Virat Kohli and hitting sixes are not associated together, as the former RCB captain is seen more as a boundary-hitter. Kohli, a technically sound player, has the most boundaries by a batter in the IPL, but his six-hitting prowess is underrated, and it was proven in the IPL match between RCB and LSG.
It won’t be an understatement to say that Kohli’s ability to hit sixes is an underrated part of his T20 game, and against the Lucknow Super Giants at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the right-handed opener scripted history as he surpassed KL Rahul to attain a huge feat.
Kohli smashes most IPL sixes by an Indian opener
The RCB opener smacked LSG spinner, Digvesh Rathi, for a humongous hit, and with that big six, the elegant batter scripted history as he surpassed KL Rahul to become the Indian opener with the most sixes in IPL history.
Kohli now has 185 massive hits as an opener in the IPL, and the previous record-holder was KL Rahul, who currently has 184 sixes as an opener in the IPL.
Indian openers with most IPL sixes
- 185: Virat Kohli
- 184: KL Rahul
- 148: Rohit Sharma
- 143: Shikhar Dhawan
- 118: Shubman Gill
Most sixes as opener in IPL
- 326 - Chris Gayle
- 210 - David Warner
- 185 - 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶*
- 184 - KL Rahul
- 159 - Faf du plessis
- 148 - Rohit Sharma
- 143 - Shikhar Dhawan
- 139 - Jos Buttler
- 134 - Q de Kock
- 124 - B McCullum
- 118 - Shubman Gill
In IPL history, Chris Gayle tops the openers' list. He has smacked 326 sixes in the tournament, and is miles clear of the second-placed David Warner, who has 210 big hits to his name.
Kohli sits at third position, with 185 big hits, with KL Rahul, the next best Indian opener, followed by Rohit Sharma, who has 148 sixes as an opener.
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Kohli becomes Orange Cap holder of IPL 2026
The RCB opener came into the IPL 2026 season with a point to prove. There was a talk about his T20 strike rate, and despite scoring truckloads of runs in IPL 2024, and 2025, doubts remained over his ability to score quickly.
5 games into the IPL 2026 season, and Kohli has proven his doubters wrong as the champion batter has 228 runs in five matches, with two fifties under his belt. Moreover, his strike rate in the league is 158.33, which is more than some of the big hitters on the list.
Against LSG, he scored 49 runs, and became the new Orange Cap holder, surpassing SRH batter Heinrich Klaasen.
Kohli's heroics help RCB go top of the table
In the match against the Mumbai Indians, Kohli struggled for runs as the batter was playing with a fever. However, against the LSG side, he was back to his best in the power play. LSG batted first, and posted 146 runs, and in reply, it was the Kohli show.
He scored a quickfire 49, and was the glue for his team as others chipped in with quick runs, and RCB attained the target inside 15.1 overs to go top of the table.
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