Top 5 batters with the highest strike rate in an IPL innings
Scoring quickly and at a rapid pace is what the T20 format demands. A cameo inning can turn the match on its head as the batters always look to take the bowlers to the cleaners in this exciting and fascinating format. Players have batted with an extremely healthy strike rate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in all these seasons. Within a few deliveries, the batters have changed the dynamics of the matches with their power-hitting.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 batters with the highest strike rate in an IPL inning: (min 5 balls)
5.AB de Villiers (387.50)
AB de Villiers boasted a terrific strike of 387.50 playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against the now-defunct Pune Warriors India (PWI) franchise in Bangalore in 2013. He came in to bat at no. 4 and clobbered 31 runs off just eight deliveries which included three fours and three maximums as RCB posted a massive total of 263/5 in a match remembered for Chris Gayle’s special inning of 175*.
4.Albie Morkel (400.00)
Albie Morkel smashed 28 runs off just seven deliveries for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) against RCB in Chennai in 2012. The innings included two fours and three towering sixes with a strike rate of 400.00. Chasing a target of 206 runs, Morkel blasted Virat Kohli for 28 runs in an over to win the match for his side by five wickets.
3.Axar Patel (420.00)
Axar Patel has the third-best strike rate by a player with a minimum of five deliveries faced. He scored 21 runs off five deliveries for Delhi Capitals (DC) against CSK in Sharjah in the 2020 edition. Chasing 180 runs to win, Axar came in to bat at no. 7 and struck three maximums to remain unbeaten with centurion Shikhar Dhawan and help his side in winning the encounter by five wickets.
2.Chris Morris (422.22)
All-rounder Chris Morris stunned everyone with his batting skills as he hammered an unbeaten 38 runs off just nine deliveries, with four fours and three maximums, at a staggering strike rate of 422.22 for DC against the now-defunct side Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) in Pune in 2017. Batting first, Morris came at no. 6 and helped his team in reaching a massive total of 205/4 subsequently winning the match by 97 runs.
1.Kieron Pollard (440.00)
Power-hitter Kieron Pollard smacked an unbeaten 22 runs off just five balls with the help of three monstrous sixes and at a strike rate of 440.00 for Mumbai Indians (MI) against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Pune in 2022. MI was batting first and the tall Trinidadian hammered three sixes off Pat Cummins in the final over to help his team in posting a total of 161/4 in the 20 overs.
