The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League came to a close with some of the most exciting cricket played. Records were broken aplenty as new players and old ones took the league by storm. The run-scoring in the league has been on an upward trend, and all the records are indicative of that. Every year, the tournament sets benchmarks which appear to be permanent until the following year comes on and new records and milestones are set.
Here are the five biggest records broken in IPL 2026
5) Most sixes by a player in a single IPL season: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 72
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the talk of the town in IPL 2026. The way the 15-year-old southpaw took on the best of the bowlers was a sight to behold. He had a record-breaking run in his sophomore year of IPL cricket, scoring a mammoth 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.70. The young prodigy played a key role in the Rajasthan Royals’ run to the playoffs and was their most dangerous batter.
He broke Chris Gayle’s age-old record of the most sixes hit by a batter in a single IPL season. He hit a massive 72 sixes in the entire season, taking down bowlers mercilessly. He hit a massive 12 sixes in his playoff knock against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he scored 97 runs from just 29 balls, the most sixes hit by a batter in a playoff innings in IPL.
