Indian premier league is famous for its fast paced T20 cricket matches. We see very high scores getting up on the board in a very short time. Today in This article we’ll discuss the highest batting strike rates in the history of IPL from 2008 to 2023. The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League started from 22nd March 2024 and the Inaugural Match was between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. CSK won the match with 6 wickets. Batsmen play an important role inthe fast pace of IPL. As they have the job to create a good target in just 20 overs which is why sometimes we see 50’s in just 14 balls. Today we’ll find such players who truly make the Batting in the Indian Premier League enjoyable for the fans. Today we’ll discuss the batsmen with Highest strike rates in the history of Indian Premier League.
List of IPL Players with Highest Batting Strike Rates in IPL History(2008 to 2024):-
Highest Strike Rate in IPL
|
Rank
|
Player
|
Innings
|
Runs
|
Highest Score
|
Strike Rate
|
|
1
|
Andre Russell (KKR)
|
96
|
2262
|
88*
|
174.00
|
|
2
|
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
|
17
|
514
|
104
|
165.81
|
|
3
|
Liam Livingstone (PBKS)
|
32
|
828
|
94
|
165.60
|
|
4
|
Sunil Narine (KKR)
|
96
|
1046
|
75
|
159.69
|
|
5
|
Jitesh Sharma (PBKS)
|
24
|
543
|
49*
|
159.24
|
|
6
|
Glenn Maxwell (RCB)
|
120
|
2719
|
95
|
157.62
|
|
7
|
Nicholas Pooran (LSG)
|
59
|
1270
|
77
|
156.79
|
|
8
|
Virender Sehwag (PBKS)
|
104
|
2728
|
122
|
155.44
|
|
9
|
Chris Morris (RR)
|
51
|
618
|
82*
|
155.28
|
|
10
|
Shimron Hetmyer (RR)
|
57
|
1131
|
75
|
152.22
|
|
11
|
AB de Villiers (RCB)
|
170
|
5162
|
133*
|
151.68
|
|
1
|
Chris Gayle (PBKS)
|
141
|
4965
|
175*
|
148.96
|
|
13
|
Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)
|
37
|
1172
|
124
|
148.73
|
|
14
|
Jos Buttler (RR)
|
95
|
3223
|
124
|
148.32
|
|
15
|
Rishabh Pant (DC)
|
97
|
2838
|
128*
|
147.97
|
|
16
|
Kieron Pollard (MI)
|
171
|
3412
|
87*
|
147.32
|
|
17
|
Prithvi Shaw (DC)
|
71
|
1694
|
99
|
145.78
|
|
18
|
Hardik Pandya (GT)
|
114
|
2288
|
91
|
145.64
|
|
19
|
Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)
|
30
|
772
|
114
|
145.11
|
|
20
|
Tilak Varma (MI)
|
25
|
740
|
84*
|
144.53
|
Highest IPL Strike Rate Recorded in Single Innings
|
Rank
|
Player
|
SR
|
Runs
|
Balls
|
Opposition
|
Match Date
|
|
1
|
Chris Morris (DD)
|
422.22
|
38*
|
9
|
RPW
|
11 Apr 2017
|
|
2
|
Shashank Singh (SRH)
|
416.66
|
25*
|
6
|
Titans
|
27 Apr 2022
|
|
3
|
Albie Morkel (CSK)
|
400.00
|
28
|
7
|
RCB
|
12 Apr 2012
|
|
4
|
AB de Villiers (RCB)
|
387.50
|
31
|
8
|
PW
|
23 Apr 2013
|
|
5
|
Balachandra Akhil (RCB)
|
385.71
|
27*
|
7
|
DEC
|
25 May 2008
|
|
6
|
Dinesh Karthik (RCB)
|
375.00
|
30*
|
8
|
SRH
|
8 May 2022
|
|
7
|
Pat Cummins (KKR)
|
373.33
|
56*
|
15
|
MI
|
6 Apr 2022
|
|
8
|
AB de Villiers (RCB)
|
372.72
|
41
|
11
|
MI
|
19 Apr 2015
|
|
9
|
Andre Russell
|
369.23
|
48*
|
13
|
RCB
|
5 Apr 2019
|
|
10
|
Virat Kohli (RCB)
|
357.14
|
25
|
7
|
RR
|
30 Apr 2019
|
|
11
|
Jitesh Sharma (PBKS)
|
357.14
|
25
|
7
|
MI
|
22 Apr 2023
|
|
12
|
Glenn Phillips (SRH)
|
357.14
|
25
|
7
|
RR
|
7 May 2023
|
|
11
|
Chris Gayle (RCB)
|
350.00
|
35
|
10
|
SRH
|
15 May 2015
|
|
12
|
Sarfaraz Khan (RCB)
|
350.00
|
35*
|
10
|
SRH
|
12 Apr 2016
|
|
13
|
Suresh Raina (CSK)
|
348.00
|
87
|
25
|
KXIP
|
30 May 2014
|
|
14
|
Kieron Pollard (MI)
|
346.15
|
45*
|
13
|
DD
|
13 Apr 2010
|
|
15
|
PBB Rajapaksa (KXIP)
|
344.44
|
31
|
9
|
KKR
|
1 Apr 2022
|
|
16
|
Andre Russell (KKR)
|
341.66
|
41
|
12
|
DD
|
16 Apr 2018
|
|
17
|
Luke Wright (PW)
|
340.00
|
34
|
10
|
KXIP
|
21 Apr 2013
|
|
18
|
Rashid Khan (SRH
|
340.00
|
34*
|
10
|
KKR
|
25 May 2018
|
|
19
|
Nicholas Pooran (LSG)
|
338.46
|
44
|
13
|
SRH
|
13 May 2023
|
|
20
|
Joffra Archer (RR)
|
337.50
|
27*
|
8
|
CSK
|
22 Sep 2020
|
|
21
|
Yusuf Pathan (KKR)
|
327.27
|
72
|
22
|
SRH
|
24 May 2014
|
|
22
|
Nicholas Pooran (LSG)
|
326.31
|
62
|
19
|
RCB
|
10 Apr 2023
|
|
23
|
Tim David
|
321.42
|
45*
|
14
|
RCB
|
30 Apr 2023
|
|
24
|
KL Rahul (KXIP)
|
318.75
|
51
|
16
|
DD
|
8 Apr 2018
|
|
25
|
Sunil Narine (KKR)
|
317.64
|
54
|
17
|
RCB
|
7 May 2017
|
Conclusion
So these were the players with one of the highest strike rates in the history of IPL from 2008 to 2023. Soon we’ll be able to see some new entries in this list in the IPL 2024. All the matches of Seventeenth season of Indian Premier League is going to take place in India only.
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