This page shows the players who according to my records have made the most over-the-boundary hits (including 6s) in a particular first-class season. The figures shown are the minimum number a player is believed to have hit. Please note that further research may alter the tally listed.


MOST IN EACH INDIAN SEASON
(minimum)
YEAR
PLAYER & TOTAL HITS
1948-49
CL Walcott 3, AF Rae 3
1955-56
JR Reid 4
1964-65
JR Reid 6
1966-67
V Subramanya 7, B Kunderan 5, CH Lloyd 4, GS Sobers 4
1969-70
AN Connolly 6, DR Hadlee 4
1972-73
SA Durani 7
1974-75
CH Lloyd 17, CG Greenidge 14, IVA Richards 9, B Patel 8
1976-77
B Patel 4
1978-79
SM Gavaskar 4, Kapil Dev 4
1979-80
SM Patil 9, K Azad 7, DB Vengsarkar 7, R Binny 5, Kapil Dev 5, SM Gavaskar 4, V Telang 4, AR Border 3
1981-82
IT Botham 22, Kapil Dev 6
1982-83
M Amarnath 5, K Srikkanth 5, SM Patil 5, K Azad 5, NP Madhavan 4, V Vats 4
1983-84
MA Holding 7, AME Roberts 3, Kapil Dev 3, CH Lloyd 2, RMH Binny 2, SM Gavaskar 2
1984-85
RJ Shastri 14, MW Gatting 10, SM Patil 7, PH Edmonds 5, S Khanna 5
1986-87
RJ Shastri 10, Manzoor Elahi 9, Abdul Qadir 8, K Srikkanth 6, Imran Khan 6, Wasim Akram 6
1987-88
R Lamba 18, R Bora 15, LS Rajput 12, CG Greenidge 11, Robin Singh 8, SK Sharma 6, Jaspal Singh 6, R Chadha 6, Shattangadi 6, A Gaekwad 6
1988-89
K Azad 11, R Lamba 9, V Chandrasekhar 8, R Shastri 7, K Srikkanth 7, NS Sidhu 6, B Pillai 6, R Venkatraman 6
1990-91
VG Kambli 26, DB Vengsarkar 7
1992-93
NS Sidhu 10
1993-94
final
AC Bedade 35, NS Sidhu 14, V Yadav 11, RJ Shastri 10, V Rathour 9, CJ Sharma 9, Robin Singh 8, ST Banerjee 8, AV Kale 8, SV Bahutule 8, JA Kumar 7, PB Hingnikar 7, R Bitoo 7, VG Kambli 7, A Jadeja 6, AK Sharma 6, AR Khurasiya 6, S Ganguly 6, MV Sridhar 6
1994-95
SR Tendulkar 25
1995-96
final
WV Raman 15, SS Karim 11, R Paul 11, V Kambli 10, SR Tendulkar 10, S Somasunder 9, AR Kurasiya 8, AK Sharma 8, A Kumar 7, T Kumar 7, SP Fleming 7, MV Sridha 7, M Azharuddin 6, JP Yadav 6, RB Biswal 6
1996-97
HH Gibbs 8
1997-98
SR Tendulkar 15, VG Kambli 14, NS Sidhu 11, MJ Slater 9
1998-99
V Sehwag 17
1999-2000
V Sehwag 21
2000-01
P Mullick 14, ML Hayden 13
2001-02
Yashpal Singh 17, Raja Ali 14, AC Bedade 13, P Mullick 12
2002-03
final
AT Rayudu 23, D Ganesh 18, V Rathour 11, SB Joshi 11, A Uniyal 11, RS Gavaskar 10, S Somasunder 10, TP Singh 10, SP Dahad 9, BBCC Mohapatra 9, PM Mullick 9, Y Goud 9, V Sehwag 9, JP Yadav 9, Harvinder Singh 8, J Arunkumar 8, J Sharma 7
2003-04
 research in progress - SC Ganguly 5, V Sehwag 3
2004-05
 research in progress - MJ Clarke 7, V Sehwag 5, ML Hayden 5, AC Gilchrist 4
2005-06
in progress
W Jaffer 5, VR Singh 4

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