IPL 2024 is turning out to be a dream season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) as they are rewriting the record books of T20 cricket. May 18 (Saturday) turned out to be a special day for the Bengaluru-based franchise as they qualified for the playoffs after defeating the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
The playoff qualification came after a dramatic turnaround as RCB won six games in a row to ensure the same. However, the spotlight on RCB's playoff qualification took the sheen away from another world record that they registered at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
RCB hit a total of 16 sixes in the 68th match of IPL 2024 against Chennai to become the first team ever to smash 150 or more sixes in a single edition of a T20 tournament. RCB have hammered a total of 157 sixes already in the ongoing edition of the IPL which is the most by any team in a particular season of a T20 tournament.
Teams to hit the most sixes in a single edition of a T20 tournament
| Team | Tournament | Sixes | Year |
| RCB | IPL | 157 | 2024 |
| SRH | IPL | 146 | 2024 |
| CSK | IPL | 145 | 2018 |
| Surrey | T20 Blast | 144 | 2023 |
| KKR | IPL | 143 | 2019 |
| RCB | IPL | 142 | 2016 |
| MI | IPL | 140 | 2023 |
| MI | IPL | 137 | 2020 |
Notably, RCB smashed a total of 16 sixes in the fixture against Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli (4 sixes), Faf du Plessis (3 sixes), Rajat Patidar (4 sixes), Cameron Green (3 sixes), Dinesh Karthik (1 six) and Glenn Maxwell (1 six) were the six players who smashed maximums for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against CSK and helped their side register the T20 world record.
Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are second on the list. They have already tonked 146 maximums in the ongoing IPL season and threaten to surpass RCB with the kind of aggression they are displaying with the bat in hand.
