Suresh Raina became the 7th batsman to hit 200 sixes in the Indian Premier League when he hit his 2 big ones in Match 19 of IPL 2021 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. Raina got to the landmark when he hit RCB spinner Washington Sundar into the long-on stands at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Suresh Raina got to the 200-six landmark in the IPL in his 198th match.
Notably, Raina is the only second Chennai Super Kings batsman after captain MS Dhoni to get to 200 sixes in the T20 tournament. Notably, Dhoni has hit 217 sixes in 209 matches in the IPL.
Suresh Raina is also the 4th Indian batsman after Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli to get to the major landmark in the IPL. As expected, Chris Gayle is on top of the list with 354 sixes in 137 matches.