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In the modern era of T20 cricket, the batters look to play quick and impactful knocks rather than scoring big fifties or hundreds and playing for the entire 20 overs. In the last few years, the batters look to smash a boundary from the very first over. Talking about the Indian Premier League (IPL), there have been several batters who have mastered the art of power-hitting and are among the batters with highest strike rates in the cash-rich league.
Kolkata Knight Riders star batter Andre Russell boasts the highest-ever strike rate in the IPL history. The right-hander maintains a strike rate of 174.92 from 127 matches in his IPL career. Russell has amassed 2484 runs in his IPL career along with 11 fifties. He is known for his attacking hits for KKR in the last few overs of the innings.
Newly appointed skipper of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajat Patidar holds the record for the highest strike rate in the IPL by an Indian player. Patidar boasts a strike rate of 158.84 from 27 matches in his IPL career so far. He has amassed 799 runs along with one hundred and seven fifties.
List of Players with Highest Strike Rate in IPL:
|
Player |
Mat |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
|
Andre Russell |
127 |
2484 |
88* |
29.22 |
1420 |
174.92 |
- |
11 |
|
Heinrich Klaasen |
35 |
993 |
104 |
38.19 |
590 |
168.30 |
1 |
6 |
|
Sunil Narine |
177 |
1534 |
109 |
17.04 |
925 |
165.83 |
1 |
7 |
|
Liam Livingstone |
39 |
939 |
94 |
28.45 |
578 |
162.45 |
- |
6 |
|
Nicholas Pooran |
76 |
1769 |
77 |
32.16 |
1090 |
162.29 |
- |
9 |
|
Rajat Patidar |
27 |
799 |
112* |
34.73 |
503 |
158.84 |
1 |
7 |
|
Glenn Maxwell |
134 |
2771 |
95 |
24.74 |
1768 |
156.73 |
- |
18 |
|
Virender Sehwag |
104 |
2728 |
122 |
27.55 |
1755 |
155.44 |
2 |
16 |
|
Abhishek Sharma |
63 |
1377 |
75* |
25.50 |
887 |
155.24 |
- |
7 |
|
SO Hetmyer |
72 |
1243 |
75 |
31.07 |
812 |
153.07 |
- |
4 |
