Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records for India (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2022	8	11	1	639	101	63.90	693	92.20	1	6	-	74	22
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	52	89	3	4656	319	54.13	5581	83.42	13	19	6	651	58
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2024	5	9	1	712	214*	89.00	891	79.91	2	3	-	68	26
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	65	86	10	2810	163	36.97	2852+	79.73*	5	15	5	298+	27
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2017	6	7	1	374	303*	62.33	506	73.91	1	-	1	41	4
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	11	17	1	710	187	44.37	973	72.97	2	2	2	109	8
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1988	24	38	3	1219	123	34.82	1488+	68.41*	1	9	4	125+	16
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1999-2005	5	10	1	494	184	54.88	730	67.67	1	3	-	67	1
Z Crawley (ENG)	2021-2024	7	14	-	474	79	33.85	725	65.37	-	5	2	65	6
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	29	45	6	2402	212	61.58	3677	65.32	10	7	1	271	51
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1982	7	9	-	554	142	61.55	850	65.17	2	4	-	50	10
APE Knott (ENG)	1972-1977	10	16	1	436	81*	29.06	674	64.68	-	3	-	58	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2005-2009	6	10	1	418	112	46.44	647	64.60	2	2	2	46	2
SS Iyer (IND)	2021-2024	9	15	-	534	105	35.60	837	63.79	1	3	1	59	13
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	9	15	1	533	100*	38.07	847	62.92	1	2	-	59	13
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2008	11	22	2	1027	203	51.35	1635	62.81	2	5	2	117	19
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	13	16	1	807	227	53.80	1302	61.98	2	3	3	93	2
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1988	7	11	1	313	101	31.30	505+	61.98*	1	2	4	41	2
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	9	16	-	703	186	43.93	1167	60.23	2	4	1	90	9
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	55	72	15	1047	115	18.36	1753	59.72	2	3	10	113	25
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2013	42	61	9	2380	224	45.76	3996	59.55	5	15	3	235	41
BB McCullum (NZ)	2010-2012	5	10	1	457	225	50.77	771	59.27	1	1	1	53	4
MN Samuels (WI)	2002-2013	6	11	-	388	104	35.27	657	59.05	1	3	2	63	3
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2023	50	77	8	4144	254*	60.05	7023	59.00	14	12	6	453	14
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1983	9	13	2	630	125	57.27	1042+	58.92*	1	5	-	72+	4
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2024	13	23	2	869	128	41.38	1487	58.43	3	4	4	91	18
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2024	17	27	2	1031	199	41.24	1767	58.34	1	9	3	116	10
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	13	24	1	627	89	27.26	1075	58.32	-	3	4	63	11
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2012	19	31	4	1052	169	38.96	1822	57.73	1	7	3	135	16
MA Agarwal (IND)	2019-2022	9	13	-	898	243	69.07	1557	57.67	4	1	-	115	21
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2018	6	12	-	333	83	27.75	579	57.51	-	2	2	38	6
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	44	60	14	1824	175*	39.65	3176	57.43	3	12	3	159	47
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2010	7	12	-	431	73	35.91	756	57.01	-	3	1	61	2
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2009-2009	3	5	1	297	154*	74.25	523	56.78	1	-	-	29	3
OJ Pope (ENG)	2021-2024	9	18	-	468	196	26.00	827	56.59	1	-	2	48	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2005-2007	6	12	2	768	267	76.80	1358	56.55	3	2	2	99	2
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	46	66	5	3412	199	55.93	5367+	56.43*	13	11	2	392+	16
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-2000	4	7	1	323	153*	53.83	573	56.36	1	1	1	35	3
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2010-2021	10	19	-	402	113	21.15	714	56.30	1	1	2	47	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2005-2009	6	10	-	628	275	62.80	1122	55.97	1	4	1	75	2
GA Hick (ENG)	1993-1993	3	6	-	315	178	52.50	566	55.65	1	1	1	42	2
CD McMillan (NZ)	1999-2003	4	7	2	342	100*	68.40	615	55.60	1	2	-	34	2
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-2001	7	14	1	372	91	28.61	673	55.27	-	1	2	51	6
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1988	9	17	1	516	93	32.25	603+	54.72*	-	5	-	35+	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2005-2007	6	11	-	408	119	37.09	757	53.89	2	1	2	66	0
J Srinath (IND)	1994-2002	32	41	9	534	60	16.68	994	53.72	-	2	9	56	7
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	26	48	1	1402	121	29.82	776+	53.47*	2	8	3	154+	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	94	153	16	7216	217	52.67	13552+	53.16*	22	32	4	943+	36
DA Warner (AUS)	2013-2023	10	19	-	414	71	21.78	786	52.67	-	3	1	52	3
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	12	19	4	594	84	39.60	1129	52.61	-	4	1	63	18
JD Ryder (NZ)	2010-2010	3	5	-	274	103	54.80	522	52.49	1	2	-	29	1
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	60	74	6	1824	124	26.82	3486	52.32	3	8	4	216	10
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	14	23	4	698	102	36.73	1337	52.20	1	4	3	76	14
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2016	34	59	2	2322	206	40.73	4468	51.96	5	12	4	284	7
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2010	14	25	-	662	123	26.48	1288	51.39	1	5	3	81	2
DM Bravo (WI)	2011-2013	5	10	-	504	166	50.40	982	51.32	2	-	-	60	6
MM Ali (ENG)	2016-2021	6	11	-	430	146	39.09	844	50.94	2	1	1	39	8
ND McKenzie (SA)	2008-2008	3	5	1	341	155*	85.25	670	50.89	1	1	-	45	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1993	9	16	2	591	127	42.21	1165	50.72	1	4	-	76	0
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	15	30	2	1272	218	45.42	2511	50.65	3	6	-	124	5
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	50	84	10	3180	239	42.97	6284	50.60	8	13	6	384	31
MW Gatting (ENG)	1981-1993	13	21	4	862	207	50.70	1706	50.52	2	3	2	107	5
AB de Villiers (SA)	2008-2015	9	15	1	630	217*	45.00	1247	50.52	1	3	1	66	3
JL Langer (AUS)	2001-2004	7	13	-	389	71	29.92	770	50.51	-	3	2	49	5
DR Martyn (AUS)	2004-2004	4	8	-	444	114	55.50	882	50.34	2	2	1	48	2
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2022	8	15	-	439	111	29.26	874	50.22	1	2	-	53	9
PA Patel (IND)	2002-2016	11	16	4	521	71	43.41	1038	50.19	-	3	-	68	1
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2017-2019	3	6	-	331	127	55.16	661	50.07	1	2	1	42	4
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1986	3	5	1	371	210	92.75	742	50.00	1	1	-	43	3
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2013	13	25	1	972	151	40.50	1954	49.74	3	4	1	105	12
BA Stokes (ENG)	2016-2024	14	28	1	747	128	27.66	1510	49.47	1	4	1	85	12
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-2002	5	10	3	820	232*	117.14	1659	49.42	3	4	1	107	8
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	51	80	7	3839	206*	52.58	7775	49.37	10	20	5	472	12
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1987	10	15	3	478	135*	39.83	823+	49.33*	1	2	-	56+	10
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2013	8	15	3	624	140	52.00	1266	49.28	2	1	-	65	4
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2010-2016	7	14	-	346	85	24.71	702	49.28	-	3	2	47	3
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-2001	7	13	2	478	153*	43.45	970	49.27	1	3	3	52	6
LD Chandimal (SL)	2017-2017	3	6	-	366	164	61.00	745	49.12	1	2	-	43	2
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1987	14	25	2	1042	194	45.30	925+	49.08*	3	4	1	100+	14
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2021	32	50	4	1644	188	35.73	3354	49.01	4	8	3	189	18
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	30	49	1	2257	167	47.02	4607	48.99	9	6	1	264	22
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2011	57	91	18	3767	281	51.60	7710	48.85	8	24	7	478	2
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	11	21	-	800	202	38.09	1641	48.75	2	4	-	121	1
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	15	24	2	593	114*	26.95	667+	48.57*	1	1	2	43+	4
MJ Prior (ENG)	2008-2012	6	8	1	346	91	49.42	716	48.32	-	3	-	36	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1999-2007	9	17	2	506	104	33.73	1049	48.23	1	3	1	71	2
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-2000	5	9	-	471	133	52.33	989	47.62	2	2	-	55	0
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-2001	11	21	-	833	110	39.66	1751	47.57	1	6	3	107	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2013	5	9	-	257	88	28.55	547	46.98	-	1	1	42	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	2001-2008	8	13	-	374	70	28.76	799	46.80	-	5	2	47	7
SM Katich (AUS)	2004-2010	10	20	2	735	102	40.83	1579	46.54	1	4	-	85	0
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2021	25	34	9	780	117	31.20	1678	46.48	2	3	4	79	9
SR Watson (AUS)	2008-2013	9	17	-	540	126	31.76	1164	46.39	1	3	-	66	4
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2023-2023	4	7	-	333	180	47.57	721	46.18	1	2	1	39	1
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1980	27	37	9	625	86	22.32	843+	45.78*	-	1	1	53+	7
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2018	10	16	-	326	93	20.37	714	45.65	-	2	-	46	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2017-2022	5	10	-	257	107	25.70	564	45.56	1	1	1	38	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1986	3	5	-	325	122	65.00	714	45.51	1	1	-	46	1
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1998	23	33	1	1726	131	53.93	3709+	45.48*	5	9	1	194+	28
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1982	48	81	7	3502	222	47.32	3792+	45.46*	10	15	3	356+	6

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]