The team that hits more sixes usually wins. It's a common refrain in T20 cricket, but Jos Buttler feels it's particularly applicable to the ongoing IPL season, particularly in Sharjah, the smallest of the three grounds hosting the tournament.

The first 12 matches of the season have produced 178 sixes - that's 14.83 per match, the highest rate of sixes in any IPL season, ahead of 2018, which featured 14.53 sixes per match. The first two matches in Sharjah, meanwhile, have produced a whopping 62 sixes. There have been more sixes at the venue, in fact, than fours (52).