A first-ball six? Sounds pretty standard. How about two back-to-back sixes? Now that’s impressive, but still pretty casual. But hitting three consecutive sixes from the first three balls? That’s a rare sight. Pat Cummins made it onto the elite list when he achieved this feat during the IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Let’s take a look at the list.
In the anticipated match-up of Pat Cummins and LSG in 2025, the two players will face off on the field.
In the 16th over, Cummins entered the field to bat with SRH’s score at 156 for 6. In the following over, he faced two consecutive balls from Shardul Thakur and sent them both soaring for sixes – one over point and the other over the sight-screen. His third ball, bowled by Avesh Khan in the next over, was also hit straight down the ground for another boundary. Unfortunately, he was caught out on the fourth delivery while attempting to steer it to short third, ending his brief but impactful innings of 18 runs off just four balls.
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As MS Dhoni walked onto the field with only four balls remaining in the innings against MI, Wankhede erupted with excitement. The crowd certainly got their money’s worth as he showed no mercy towards MI captain Hardik Pandya. Sending a length ball sailing over long-off, much to the joy of the “away” fans. The following delivery was also sent flying over long-on. Pandya attempted a yorker, but instead served up a low full toss that was quickly flicked over deep square-leg by Dhoni. With an unbeaten score of 20 off just four balls, Dhoni helped secure Chennai Super Kings (CSK) victory by that very same margin.
In the 2023 match between Nicholas Pooran and SRH, the outcome was highly anticipated.
Nicholas Pooran found himself in the middle with LSG needing 56 off 27 in a chase of 183. Abhishek Sharma had just broken a 73-run partnership by dismissing Marcus Stoinis after his impressive 43-ball performance. Despite this setback, Pooran wasted no time and quickly opened his account with a powerful slog-sweep over deep midwicket. He continued to showcase his strength as he hit the next two balls straight over the bowler’s head. The over ended with another full ball, which Pooran effortlessly sent soaring over deep midwicket once again. This brought the total number of sixes in that over to five, including the two hit by Stoinis earlier on.
The 2021 match between Sunil Narine and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
In the IPL 2021 eliminator in Sharjah, Sunil Narine was sent out at No.5 for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with just 60 runs needed off 54 balls. He wasted no time in asserting his presence by smashing three successive sixes off Dan Christian, injecting momentum to the end of the match. The first two sixes were directed towards the shorter leg side – a powerful pull over fine leg against a short ball and a slog over midwicket to a full ball on his pads. With the third delivery from Christian, Narine capitalized on the width provided and effortlessly hit a one-handed six over long-off. Prior to this impressive display of batting, Narine had also taken four wickets to limit RCB’s score, sealing Virat Kohli’s fate as captain in the IPL with his quick 15-ball 26.
