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Xtra Time Web Desk: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) big hitting all-rounder Andre Russell on Friday missed a golden opportunity to get past his compatriot Kieron Pollard during the Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Eden Gardens. The KKR all-rounder hit 9 sixes, one less than Mumbai Indians’ Kieron Pollard during his blazing knock of 65 runs off 25 balls. Pollard hit 10 sixes in an innings (83 runs off 31 balls) against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium on April 10, 2019. The burly Trinandian had a strike rate of 267.74 compared to Russell’s 260.00. When it comes to hitting the most sixes in the ongoing IPL, the Knight Rider’s all-rounder is way above the others in the list. The big hitting Jamaican has hit a whopping 39 sixes so far from 9 matches while scoring 377 runs off just 171 balls faced. His strike rate is an amazing 220.46 with an average of 75.40. Next in the list of batsmen hitting the most number of sixes is Russell’s countryman Chris Gayle. The swashbuckling opener of Kings XI Punjab has hit 26 sixes in eight matches so far. Gayle has scored 352 runs from 227 balls at a strike rate of 155.06. Here is the list of the top ten batsmen who has hit the most sixes in IPL 2019 so far: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 39 Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab) – 26 Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 18 AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 17 Moeen Ali (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 17 Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians) - 17 Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) – 16 Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) – 14 Johny Bairstow (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 14 KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) - 13