5 min readUpdated: Mar 29, 2026 06:28 PM IST Virat Kohli is a hitter of great sixes rather than a great six-hitter. Maximums apportion for only 2640 off his 13612 T20s runs, that is roughly one fifth of a format defined by the endowment to clear the fence. But his sixes, in the barrage of sixes in the IPL the mind fails to register (forget recount), offer immense recall value. If IPL, and by extension T20s, have de-romanticised the six and made it humdrum, Kohli has revived the romance of hitting a six in this version. The RCB–SRH encounter saw 25 sixes sent to every corner of the Chinnaswamy Stadium. But none would be remembered as much as Kohli’s straight six off Eshan Malinga in the seventh over. It was almost a checked-drive. Kohli pausing in his follow through, not going fully with the stroke, as though the bat had an afterthought. He made half a forward stride, turned his body front-on so that the bat could flow straight and sweet. The ball was not …