IPL 2026: Finn Allen creates KKR history, joins elite six-hitting club
Finn Allen smashed 10 sixes in a 35-ball 93 against Gujarat Titans, marking his second IPL innings with double-digit sixes and setting a new KKR record for the highest individual score against GT. The explosive knock at Eden Gardens propelled Kolkata Knight Riders to a strong total during a crucial playoff race. Allen now joins an elite group of batters with multiple 10-plus sixes innings in IPL history, trailing only Chris Gayle in frequency.
- ▪Finn Allen scored 93 off 35 balls with 10 sixes and four boundaries against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026.
- ▪This was Allen's second IPL innings with 10 or more sixes, making him one of only four players to achieve this feat multiple times.
- ▪Allen's 93 is the highest individual score by a KKR batter against Gujarat Titans in IPL history.
- ▪Only Chris Gayle has more 10-plus sixes innings in IPL history, with four.
- ▪Brendon McCullum holds the KKR record for most sixes in an innings with 13, set in 2008.
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