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
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2006	13	23	3	865	204*	43.25	947	91.34	4	1	3	107	18
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2022	11	17	2	825	101	55.00	975	84.61	2	6	1	92	26
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	60	104	3	5038	319	49.88	6144	81.99	14	20	8	717	60
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	69	91	10	3012	163	37.18	3161+	78.32*	6	15	5	322+	29
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2024	7	13	1	762	214*	63.50	976	78.07	2	3	1	79	26
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2017	6	7	1	374	303*	62.33	506	73.91	1	-	1	41	4
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	34	56	4	2083	129*	40.05	2856	72.93	4	13	3	275	17
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2014	15	25	5	553	123*	27.65	786	70.35	1	1	4	65	15
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	14	23	1	818	187	37.18	1190	68.73	2	2	2	123	8
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1988	24	38	3	1219	123	34.82	1488+	68.41*	1	9	4	125+	16
DA Warner (AUS)	2013-2023	16	31	-	1174	145	37.87	1728	67.93	3	7	1	142	12
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	17	1	829	182	51.81	532+	67.66*	3	4	1	90+	13
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2013	10	19	-	802	116	42.21	1191	67.33	2	3	1	132	10
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	27	49	1	1958	152	40.79	3003	65.20	6	8	4	294	9
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1982	7	9	-	554	142	61.55	850	65.17	2	4	-	50	10
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2023	9	16	-	330	99	20.62	510	64.70	-	2	-	35	8
APE Knott (ENG)	1972-1977	10	16	1	436	81*	29.06	674	64.68	-	3	-	58	0
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	25	35	5	1151	174	38.36	1795	64.12	3	5	1	143	12
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	35	57	7	2585	212	51.70	4063	63.62	10	7	3	294	53
SS Iyer (IND)	2021-2024	11	19	1	575	105	31.94	907	63.39	1	3	2	64	14
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	68	115	7	4417	200	40.89	6984	63.24	10	22	7	604	11
N Dickwella (SL)	2017-2022	9	17	2	372	51*	24.80	589	63.15	-	1	2	51	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1994-2002	10	18	-	362	53	20.11	578	62.62	-	3	4	49	3
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2024	22	42	1	1476	258	36.00	2360	62.54	3	6	1	177	33
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	18	33	3	996	150*	33.20	1604	62.09	1	4	5	107	16
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
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	21	34	1	487	63	14.75	787	61.88	-	1	5	63	9
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1999	4	7	-	327	136	46.71	529	61.81	2	-	2	49	2
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	28	43	3	739	84	18.47	1208	61.17	-	4	6	87	15
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-2007	13	25	2	939	184	40.82	1555	60.38	1	6	1	132	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2010	13	20	4	480	81	30.00	796	60.30	-	3	2	57	3
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	59	78	15	1140	115	18.09	1895	60.15	2	3	11	122	28
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2013	49	74	9	2750	224	42.30	4583	60.00	5	16	4	289	44
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2012	11	20	2	620	112	34.44	1041	59.55	2	3	2	75	2
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1983	9	13	2	630	125	57.27	1042+	58.92*	1	5	-	72+	4
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2024	15	27	2	943	128	37.72	1602	58.86	3	4	4	104	18
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2024	10	19	-	637	79	33.52	1084	58.76	-	6	2	88	6
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2008	21	40	2	1651	203	43.44	2829	58.35	4	8	7	208	23
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	59	95	8	5035	254*	57.87	8672	58.06	16	16	6	570	17
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	13	23	-	880	186	38.26	1523	57.78	2	5	2	111	10
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2012	19	31	4	1052	169	38.96	1822	57.73	1	7	3	135	16
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	53	78	5	3692	199	50.57	5752+	57.52*	14	12	2	429+	18
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2018	6	12	-	333	83	27.75	579	57.51	-	2	2	38	6
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2024	46	63	14	1832	175*	37.38	3186	57.50	3	12	5	159	48
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42*	4	9	1	154+	7
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2022	9	16	2	459	119*	32.78	803	57.16	1	1	-	60	4
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	25	46	1	1599	123	35.53	2804	57.02	4	10	6	202	11
MA Agarwal (IND)	2019-2022	12	19	-	1033	243	54.36	1818	56.82	4	2	-	139	21
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2009-2009	3	5	1	297	154*	74.25	523	56.78	1	-	-	29	3
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1995-1999	7	13	1	528	188*	44.00	932	56.65	2	2	1	76	1
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2024	12	23	2	734	196	34.95	1296	56.63	2	2	2	83	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	75	124	9	5418	217*	47.11	9582	56.54	14	31	7	651	41
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2021	14	26	1	449	113	17.96	797	56.33	1	1	3	56	3
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	8	13	-	290	73	22.30	516	56.20	-	3	-	40	6
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2007	11	21	1	593	119	29.65	1061	55.89	2	2	4	97	0
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2013	9	18	-	679	160	37.72	1215	55.88	2	3	3	96	7
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	24	32	4	810	85	28.92	1452	55.78	-	4	2	121	3
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1998	8	11	1	292	108	29.20	524	55.72	1	-	1	28	4
JL Langer (AUS)	2001-2006	13	23	1	663	71	30.13	1198	55.34	-	4	2	96	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1999	10	16	2	306	62	21.85	532+	55.26*	-	1	1	41+	8
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	17	28	2	944	109	36.30	1711	55.17	3	4	1	122	5
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	58	66	25	391	26	9.53	710	55.07	-	-	14	58	6
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	63	90	19	1996	111	28.11	3647	54.72	1	7	7	229	17
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1988	9	17	1	516	93	32.25	603+	54.72*	-	5	-	35+	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	51	86	5	3214	228	39.67	5880	54.65	9	10	7	466	26
BB McCullum (NZ)	2006-2013	12	23	1	682	225	31.00	1251	54.51	1	2	2	82	6
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2013-2019	6	12	-	385	111	32.08	708	54.37	1	3	1	56	2
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
JC Buttler (ENG)	2016-2021	8	15	2	323	76	24.84	595	54.28	-	1	-	31	8
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2007	14	27	2	767	104	30.68	1418	54.09	1	5	2	104	5
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2005	8	16	1	688	180	45.86	1275	53.96	2	2	2	98	7
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2005-2007	7	14	-	364	76	26.00	675	53.92	-	2	-	54	2
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	23	45	3	1975	218	47.02	3667	53.85	4	12	-	212	8
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	14	25	1	770	100*	32.08	1432	53.77	1	3	-	84	14
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	67	88	7	2029	124	25.04	3778	53.70	3	8	5	246	10
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2024	24	40	2	1400	199	36.84	2607	53.70	3	10	4	170	15
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2004	12	24	-	1039	202	43.29	1937	53.63	2	7	1	148	7
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	26	48	1	1402	121	29.82	776+	53.47*	2	8	3	154+	2
MN Samuels (WI)	2002-2015	12	22	-	970	105	44.09	1829	53.03	3	6	2	146	6
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2002	40	52	12	620	60	15.50	1170	52.99	-	2	10	63	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	109	181	19	8377	217	51.70	15900+	52.61*	27	35	6	1115+	41
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	12	19	4	594	84	39.60	1129	52.61	-	4	1	63	18
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2017-2019	5	10	1	284	66	31.55	540	52.59	-	2	-	42	2
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-2001	10	20	2	623	95	34.61	1185	52.57	-	2	2	81	6
JD Ryder (NZ)	2010-2010	3	5	-	274	103	54.80	522	52.49	1	2	-	29	1
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2021	20	31	6	276	43	11.04	526	52.47	-	-	4	24	6
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	21	41	4	1500	161*	40.54	2868	52.30	5	5	4	174	12
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	81	112	16	3221	122*	33.55	6168	52.22	4	21	8	391	12
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	14	23	4	698	102	36.73	1337	52.20	1	4	3	76	14
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	7	13	-	432	82	33.23	834	51.79	-	4	-	58	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	9	18	-	600	127	33.33	1161	51.67	1	4	3	81	7
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2012	14	26	-	1074	275	41.30	2087	51.46	1	5	2	136	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	58	100	12	3686	239	41.88	7172	51.39	8	17	8	457	35
DM Bravo (WI)	2011-2013	5	10	-	504	166	50.40	982	51.32	2	-	-	60	6
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2013	14	28	3	1257	267	50.28	2455	51.20	4	4	4	150	5
CD McMillan (NZ)	1999-2003	7	12	2	479	100*	47.90	937	51.12	1	3	1	52	2
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2022	14	27	-	757	111	28.03	1484	51.01	1	4	-	96	9
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	36	60	10	1795	172	35.90	3519	51.00	2	10	9	233	5

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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]