Top 05 Players with Most Sixes at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in IPL
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the beautiful stadium in the pink city of Jaipur, Rajasthan is home to Rajasthan Royals (RR) team in the Indian Premier League.
This prominent venue paints itself pink when the home side plays here, thanks to the sea of fans who dress up in pink jerseys and come to support their favorite players. This stadium was established in 1969 and has a seating capacity of around 30,000 spectators. It has been hosting IPL matches since the inaugural season in 2008, with the Royals featuring in each one of them. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted 61 matches in the IPL so far, with over 19000 runs being scored in the history of IPL by batsmen altogether. With the records available so far, this celebratory venue seems to favour the chasing sides more. More than 64 percent of the matches played in Jaipur have been won by teams batting second. The primary reason for that is relatively batting-friendly pitch and dew formation in the evenings. The venue hasn’t really seen extremely high-scoring games, as the average score during the innings has been around 160. The Jaipur stadium has big boundaries, which implies that batters generally need to put into extra effort for hitting the boundaries. In a similar manner, bowlers also have been effective, especially the spinners. The drier conditions have worked in their favour to get some grip from the surface, as seen from the IPL matches played so far. Rajasthan Royals has featured in all IPL games hosted in Jaipur, being their home ground after all. They have had an impressive win percentage of above 60, showcasing that Royals are well-placed against their opponents on the home turf. Former captain of the Rajasthan franchise, Ajinkya Rahane leads the run chart as the highest scorer in Jaipur. The right-hand batter has accumulated a total of 1115 runs from 35 innings. Shane Watson occupies the second spot, with 875 runs in 29 innings. The team’s current skipper Sanju Samson is third on the list with 789 runs. In terms of the bowlers, Siddarth Trivedi has picked up the most wickets in Jaipur. Despite having played his last match here for RR in 2013, he leads the pack with 36 wickets. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 217 for 6 against RR in 2023 remains the highest team total in the pink city’s ground. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 113 is the highest individual score at this venue in the tournament’s history.
Let us delve deeper to see who the top five players are with the most sixes hit at Sawai Man Singh stadium in IPL.
5) Riyan Parag – The name that has bagged the fifth position in this list is a strong player from the RR camp, Riyan Parag. He had a strong batting performance in IPL 2024, making him the third-highest run-scorer spot in the season. He was also the uncapped player with the most runs in IPL 2024, surpassing Rishabh Pant with the most runs scored while batting at number four, making 573 runs throughout the season. In the total 15 matches played at the Sawai Man Singh stadium by Riyan, he has hit 21 sixes, amassing 406 runs totally, which is only expected to shoot up in the coming matches. His average has been over 40 on the team’s home ground, and the highest score of 84, against Delhi Capitals.
4) Jos Buttler – The former England captain has been a white-ball veteran, having played for the Rajasthan Royals for many years. His IPL batting performance is characterized by sizzling power-hitting and admirable strike rates. Jos is known for his ability to score at a rapid pace and accumulate runs by adopting to the conditions, making him a formidable opening batsman. Ahead of the IPL 2025, he was signed by the Gujarat Titans. Buttler has batted on 21 occasions at his former team’s home ground and scored a massive 819 runs by smashing 23 sixes so far, proving his mettle as a T20 champion.
3) Sanju Samson – The athlete who has secured third place in this list of maximum six-hitters is the skipper of Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson, a force to reckon with. He has been a consistent performer in the IPL, known for his aggressive batting style. In the previous edition, IPL 2024, Samson has scored a whole 531 runs, which included five fifties. His career best performance has been the 119 runs against Punjab Kings in IPL 2021. As of now, from the 27 innings he has batted at the Man Singh stadium ground, Sanju has powered 27 sixes and scored 804 runs so far on this ground. He became the first Rajasthan Royals batter to cross the 4000-run mark for his franchise and has three centuries to his long list of achievements in the IPL format.
2) Yashasvi Jaiswal – Probably one of the future greats of the game and a rising superstar in the Indian cricket team, Jaiswal has been climbing up the ladders of success over time and become a real match-winner with his commendable performances. He ties with Sanju Samson in the number of sixes smashed on their team’s home ground, 27 sixes itself, but the number of innings is almost half of it, having achieved it in just 14 instances. So far, Yashasvi has scored 559 runs at this pitch, at an applause-worthy average of 46.5. The personal best score on the Sawai ground is the 104 against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024, while the overall best has been the 124, which was maiden IPL century and the highest score by an uncapped player in a single innings, a record that remains unbeaten as of now.
1) Shane Watson – The pole position in the list of most sixes hit at the Sawai Man Singh stadium currently belongs to a former all-rounder, Australian star and an expert of the game, Shane Watson. His credibility as a performer remains unmatched, having hit a whopping 41 sixes from the 29 innings that he has batted on this ground. Having amassed 875 runs in 30 matches, Watson’s batting average at his former franchise’s home venue was about 38 and a strike rate of 140. Shane was named as the player of the tournament in 2008 and 2013, a huge achievement and has been a titular champion twice, in the 2008 and 2018 editions with Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings respectively. The total IPL matches played by him prior to his retirement from international cricket is about 145, which goes on to show his calibre and class as a prolific player.
