DC vs MI IPL 2026: Suryakumar Yadav Joins Elite MI Club, Becomes 3rd Batter To Smash 150 Sixes

DC vs MI IPL 2026: Suryakumar Yadav is currently captaining the Mumbai Indians during their IPL 2026 match on Saturday. The match is being held at the Arun Jaitley Stadium against the Delhi Capitals, where the stand-in MI captain came to the crease at No. 4 and scored a brilliant knock of 51 runs off 36 balls. In his knock, he had smashed three fours and two sixes for MI and had stitched a 53-run partnership for the third wicket with Rohit Sharma, who had scored 35 runs off 26 balls. Surya, who had smashed two sixes, had joined Rohit Sharma and Kierron Pollard in an elite list of batters. He had become the third cricketer to have smashed 150 sixes for the Mumbai-based franchise.

Surya, who was retained by MI for a whopping amount of Rs 16.35 crore before the IPL 2025 mega auction, had smashed 150 sixes after playing in 116 IPL matches for the Mumbai-based franchise. He had to hit a few sixes against the Axar Patel-led side to enter the 150-sixes list, and he did achieve this milestone by smashing a six in Kuldeep Yadav's over. He had also hit a six during the eighth over of the first innings, which Axar Patel bowled.

Rohit Sharma has the record of smashing the most sixes for MI in this tournament. He had also smashed one six on Saturday, and his tally now stands at 274 after playing in 238 IPL matches. Kierron Pollard is lying in the second position in this list as he has hit 258 sixes after playing in 211 matches.

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Most sixes for the Mumbai Indians

Virat Kohli has the record of hitting the most sixes for a single team in this tournament. He has smashed 310 sixes after playing in 283 matches while representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru after making his debut against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.

He has smashed 296 sixes after playing in 268 IPL matches for the Bengaluru-based franchise and smashed 14 sixes after playing in 15 Champions League T20 matches, representing the same team.

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Most sixes for one team in IPL

In this tournament, in addition to the Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar has also represented the Kolkata Knight Riders. He played for this franchise between 2014 and 2017 and was part of the title-winning team under Gautam Gambhir's captaincy in 2014.