IPL 2024: Batters with highest strike rate in IPL history

In a T20 tournament like IPL, it is important for every team to have a quality set of players who can score runs at a fast pace. Particularly, this skill is most required in the death overs when the team is looking to score quick runs. These big hitters play a crucial role in the campaign of all the teams in each IPL season.

One of the most basic criteria for judging a batter for his fast scoring is his strike rate. In this particular article, we will be discussing the 5 batters who have registered the highest strike rate in IPL. These include the players who have scored a minimum of 500 runs in the tournament history.

The person at the top could be a surprise to those who did not see it coming. The English wicket-keeper batsman Phil Salt first played the IPL only in 2023 but has made a huge impression in this short time. In 21 innings, Salt has scored 653 runs at a strike rate of 175.53. He has also scored six fifties in this short duration and will be looking forward to being a sought after name in not just the IPL but in the overall franchise T20 circuit as well.

The second name in this list is a very expected one who has actually redefined power-hitting in T20. Andre Russell who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders has played 126 matches in the cash-rich league so far in which he has aggregated 2484 runs at an incredible strike rate of 174.92. He has eleven half-centuries with a high score of 88 not out in the IPL. Russell has many times won games for KKR on his own in very difficult situations.

This list will probably be incomplete if it didn't include the batsman making the most waves in IPL 2024. Playing in the IPL for the first time in seven years, Travis Head unleashed a slightly unprecedented display of power hitting ruling the strike charts in 2024. This has pushed him to No. 3 on this list. As of right now, Head has made 772 runs in his IPL career at a strike rate of 174.26 and has scored five half-centuries while breaching the three figure mark once. 

South African wicketkeeper batter Heinrich Klaasen is the fourth name on this list. The right-handed batter has struck 977 runs in 31 innings at an average of 39.08 and a deadly strike rate of 170.5. Klaasen has managed to hit a century and six half-centuries in the league so far.

Australian star batsman Tim David, most of whose IPL exploits have been for Mumbai Indians, comes in at fifth place in this list. In 35 innings, he has amassed 659 runs at an impressive strike rate of 170.28.

The IPL has seen numerous teams win the title across sixteen editions and the IPL winners over the years have had one thing in common - they have displayed immense grit and resilience.

Highest strike rate in IPL: (min 500 runs)

*Last updated on 25th May, 2024