World Cup 2023: Highest Batting Strike Rate in ODI World Cup History

Cricket has come a long way from days when batters’ priority was to bat for as long as they could. Now scoring runs has taken center stage and that is the only concern that any batter and team has. The advent of T20I created has even furthered the speed of batting in cricket.

As the game continues to inch forward batters continue to smash batting records. What has been considered a great strike rate in yesteryears is now just regular batting. There are some batters who have set a benchmark for quick batting in the ODI World Cup history. These batters have taken their respective teams to a number of wins and entertained cricket fans with their sensational batting.

The batter who adorns the record books for the highest strike rate in ODI World Cup history is the former New Zealand batter, Brandon McCullum. The right-hand batter played with a tremendous strike rate of 120.84 in the 34 matches that he played for the Kiwis in the ODI World Cup.

In those matches, he has made 742 runs with a highest individual score of 101. His average of 33.72 is not bad either for an opener. McCullum has now taken retirement and had moved into coaching. The 41-year-old now works as the head coach of the England Cricket team. He has imparted his quickfire batting into the English Test side and created a new-age batting style called the Bazball. With this approach, England continue to play Test matches with quick batting.

The second batter on the list is South African great AB de Villiers. De Villiers played 23 matches for South Africa in which he batted at a brilliant strike rate of 117.29. The swashbuckling batter made 1207 runs for the African side with an extraordinary average of 63.52. His highest of 162* remains one of the best ODI World Cup centuries.

Cricket fans would be looking to see a similar kind of batting from other batters who are taking part in the ODI World Cup 2023 in India.

Highest Batting Strike Rate in ODI World Cup (min.-500runs)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	BF	SR	100	50
Glenn Maxwell (AUS)	2015-2023	27	25	901	562	160.32	3	2
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	2003-2015	34	27	742	614	120.84	1	6
Jos Buttler (ENG)	2015-2023	26	23	591	500	118.20	1	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2015	23	22	1207	1029	117.29	4	6
Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1992	26	24	669	581	115.14	1	1
David Miller (SA)	2015-2023	24	21	816	720	113.33	2	1
Shreyas Iyer (IND)	2023	11	11	530	468	113.24	2	3
Daryl Mitchell (NZ)	2023	10	9	552	497	111.06	2	2
Shane Watson (AUS)	2007-2015	22	19	643	595	108.06	0	6
Rachin Ravindra (NZ)	2023	10	10	578	543	106.44	3	2
Virender Sehwag (IND)	2003-2011	22	22	843	794	106.17	2	3
Rohit Sharma (IND)	2015-2023	28	28	1575	1493	105.49	7	6
David Warner (AUS)	2015-2023	29	29	1527	1505	101.46	6	5
Aiden Markram (SA)	2019-2023	18	16	546	552	98.91	1	3
Aaron Finch (AUS)	2015-2019	18	18	787	801	98.25	3	4
Adam Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2007	31	31	1085	1107	98.01	1	8
Quinton de Kock(SA)	2015-2023	27	27	1044	1081	96.57	4	4

*Last updated on 19th November 2023