IPL 2024: Top 10 Players with Highest Strike Rate in IPL: The seventeenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to get underway on March 22. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), in its bid to host the world’s most competitive cricket league, is leaving no stone unturned. The preparation for the mega T20 league is already underway as we head closer to the tournament opener in Chennai.
Over the years the Twenty20 fixture has evolved and to a larger extent, it has become a batters’ game. The shorter boundaries facilitate that idea and it’s been a bed of roses for the batters. The advancement in the batting techniques makes it even better for the players to whack the bowling units.
A T20 fixture is filled with the thrill of scoring quick runs. Players often take their chances against the bowlers to score runs quickly. Very rarely the occasions come when the matches are restricted at low scores.
Strike rate is one aspect which every team focuses on in the T20Is. T20 Teams, around the world, focus hard on onboarding players with high strike rates, who can quickly score runs through boundaries and sixes towards the end of the innings.
Top 10 Players with Highest Strike Rate in IPL
The list of players with the highest strike rate in the IPL is dominated by overseas players. Caribbean batter Andre Russell, expectedly, tops the list with a strike rate of 174. The all-rounder has scored 2262 runs at a strike rate of 174 in 99 innings during his IPL career for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
The second on the list is Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Heinrich Klassen, who has clocked 165.81 in 19 matches in the IPL. The Protea batter has 514 runs to his name in his short IPL career.
England’s Liam Livingstone, who plays for Punjab Kings in the IPL, features in third place with a strike rate of 165.60. Livingstone has racked up 828 runs in the IPL in 32 innings.
Former West Indies all-rounder Sunil Narine is placed fourth on the list with a strike rate of 159.69. The KKR player is still one of the most dangerous players when it comes to play in the death overs.
Surprisingly, young Jitesh Sharma, who plays for Punjab Kings in the IPL, is also among the players with a high strike rate. Jitesh has managed to amass runs at a brilliant strike rate of 159.24 so far in his IPL career.
The next batters on the list are Glenn Maxwell (RCB), Nicholas Pooran (LSG), Virender Sehwag (PBKS), Chris Morris (RR) and Shimron Hetmyer (RR).
The complete details of the Top 10 Players with the Highest Strike Rate in IPL is given below.
| Rank | Player | Innings | Strike Rate | Highest Score | Runs | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Russell (KKR) | 96 | 174.00 | 88* | 2262 | 29.00 |
| 2 | Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) | 17 | 165.81 | 104 | 514 | 36.71 |
| 3 | Liam Livingstone (PBKS) | 32 | 165.60 | 94 | 828 | 29.57 |
| 4 | Sunil Narine (KKR) | 96 | 159.69 | 75 | 1046 | 13.76 |
| 5 | Jitesh Sharma (PBKS) | 24 | 159.24 | 49* | 543 | 25.86 |
| 6 | Glenn Maxwell (RCB) | 120 | 157.62 | 95 | 2719 | 26.40 |
| 7 | Nicholas Pooran (LSG) | 59 | 156.79 | 77 | 1270 | 27.02 |
| 8 | Virender Sehwag (PBKS) | 104 | 155.44 | 122 | 2728 | 27.55 |
| 9 | Chris Morris (RR) | 51 | 155.28 | 82* | 618 | 27.07 |
| 10 | Shimron Hetmyer (RR) | 57 | 152.22 | 75 | 1131 | 32.31 |
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