Top five players with highest strike-rates in IPL history

Indian Premier League has been a platform for T20 stars from around the globe to showcase their prowess on the cricket field. From the likes of Matthew Hayden, Lasith Malinga to Kieron Pollard, many champion players have taken the lucrative T20 tournament by storm with their jaw-dropping performances.

However, there have been certain batters who have been a nightmare for bowlers in the T20 carnival. They have tormented bowling attacks from ball one itself and have done so consistently. These top-drawer batters have an exceptional strike rate because of their aggressive approach.

Here are the players with the highest strike rates in IPL (min. 100 innings)

5. Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is one of the finest all-rounders in world cricket at the moment. Be it in the international arena or the Indian Premier League; the 29-year-old has left the cricket fraternity in awe with his spectacular all-round performances. He has smashed 1271 runs in 87 T20Is at a strike rate of 142.17 and bagged 69 wickets for the Men in Blue.

On the batting front, Hardik has been entrusted to finish games for his side and has done it to perfection. In the lucrative T20 tournament, the ace all-rounder has put up an exhibition of his swashbuckling stroke play time and time again and put bowling attacks under the pump.

Hardik has played 100 innings in the IPL and scored 1963 runs at a superb strike rate of 147.59. In the process, the Indian all-rounder has hammered 146 fours and 110 sixes. He was phenomenal in the previous edition too, smashing 487 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 131.27.