Ruturaj Gaikwad gets to 200 sixes in T20 cricket: Stats
What's the story
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has brought up 200 sixes in T20 cricket. The opener attained the milestone with his second maximum in the 2026 Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium. Over 100 of his sixes have come in the IPL. Here we look at his stats in the 20-over format.
Knock
Gaikwad shines against MI with unbeaten 67
CSK lost Sanju Samson (11) early on with Jasprit Bumrah accounting for his wicket. Urvil Patel came in and forged a 49-run stand for the 2nd wicket alongside Gaikwad. Allah Ghazanfar removed Patel in the 6th over with CSK being 62/2. Thereafter, Gaikwad and Kartik added an unbeaten 98-run stand to steer CSK past MI. MI had earlier scored 159/7 in 20 overs.
Stats
A look at Gaikwad's T20 stats
Gaikwad took 160 games and 154 innings to complete 200 T20 sixes. He scored an unbeaten 67, slamming five fours and two sixes. According to ESPNcricinfo, Gaikwad also went past 500 fours in T20s (502). He owns a total of 5,247 runs at 38.86. This was his 37th fifty in T20s (100s: 6).
IPL
Over 100 sixes in the IPL; 22 fifties
Earlier in the ongoing season, Gaikwad became the fourth batter with 100-plus IPL sixes in CSK colors. Coming to Gaikwad's numbers in the league, he now has 2,747 runs from 80 IPL games at 39.81. He hit his 22nd IPL fifty (100s: 2). Notably, the CSK ace surpassed 250 IPL fours (253). He also has 103 sixes.
T20Is
24 sixes in T20Is
For India, Gaikwad has clobbered 633 T20I runs from 23 matches at 39.56. This includes four fifties, a solitary hundred, and 24 sixes as well. 73 of his maximums have come in 56 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy games. This includes 1,864 runs at 38.04 with the help of three tons and 11 fifties.