IPL 2017 breaks most sixes records in the first four matches

The first four matches of the season have already shown why it is a special season in more ways than one. (Photo: BCCI)

The 2017 edition of the cash rich league has seen as many as 64 sixes in its first four matches – the most in the history of IPL. (Photo: BCCI)

The credit must go to players like Chris Lynn who hit 8 sixes in one innings to take this year’s tally into an all time record. (Photo: BCCI)

The previous best was in the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008 in which 56 sixes were hit in the first four matches. (Photo: AFP)

The total order is: 2015: 54 sixes, 2016: 43 sixes, 2014: 38 sixes, 2010: 37 sixes, 2009: 31 sixes, 2011: 30 sixes, 2013: 25, 2012: 24 sixes. (Photo: AFP)

The tenth edition of IPL started in grand style with the Sunrisers Hyderabad taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad. (Photo: BCCI)