Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN India

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1950s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is IN India

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RB Kanhai	256	-	42	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
MH Mankad	231	-	21	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
B Sutcliffe	230*	-	30	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
PR Umrigar	223	-	26	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
MH Mankad	223	-	22	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
GS Sobers	198	-	28	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
VL Manjrekar	177	-	20	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
TW Graveney	175	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
P Roy	173	-	12	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
VS Hazare	164*	-	-	-	-	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
JW Burke	161	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
VS Hazare	155	-	19	-	-	India	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
VM Merchant	154	-	-	-	-	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
VS Hazare	146*	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
GS Sobers	142*	-	8	1	-	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
BF Butcher	142	-	10	-	-	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
P Roy	140	-	20	-	-	India	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
RN Harvey	140	-	17	-	-	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
AJ Watkins	137*	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
B Sutcliffe	137*	-	15	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
PR Umrigar	130*	-	-	-	-	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
Nazar Mohammad	124*	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
JKC Holt	123	-	21	-	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JR Reid	120	-	15	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JR Reid	119*	-	10	1	-	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
VL Manjrekar	118	-	20	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
DG Phadkar	115	-	-	1	-	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
RN Harvey	114	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
P Roy	111	-	15	-	-	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
RH Shodhan	110	-	15	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
GS Ramchand	109	-	-	-	-	India	v Australia	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
CG Borde	109	-	16	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
GS Ramchand	106*	-	14	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
GS Sobers	106*	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
BF Butcher	103	-	15	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
PR Umrigar	102	-	15	1	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
JW Guy	102	-	13	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
AG Kripal Singh	100*	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
P Roy	100	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
OG Smith	100	-	-	2	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JS Solomon	100*	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
RB Kanhai	99	-	14	-	-	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
P Roy	99	-	-	-	-	India	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
Waqar Hasan	97	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
Hanif Mohammad	96	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
CG Borde	96	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
RT Spooner	92	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
NJ Contractor	92	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
CC Hunte	92	-	-	1	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JW Guy	91	-	13	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
VL Manjrekar	90	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
P Roy	90	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
JS Solomon	86	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
PJP Burge	83	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
HR Adhikari	81*	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
Waqar Hasan	81	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
JKC Holt	81*	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
AJ Watkins	80	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
AH Kardar	79	-	-	1	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Nov 1952	Test # 358
PR Umrigar	79*	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
P Roy	79	-	-	-	-	India	v Australia	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
PR Umrigar	78	-	-	-	-	India	v Australia	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
KD Mackay	78	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
JDB Robertson	77	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
DB Carr	76	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
VS Hazare	76	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
PR Umrigar	76	-	10	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
NJ Contractor	74	-	-	-	-	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
B Sutcliffe	73	-	10	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
IWG Johnson	73	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
GS Ramchand	72	-	11	1	-	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
RT Spooner	71	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
MH Mankad	71*	-	12	-	-	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
BF Butcher	71	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
FCM Alexander	70	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
CJ Poole	69*	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
RN Harvey	69	-	-	-	-	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
JS Solomon	69*	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
FA Lowson	68	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
AJ Watkins	68	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
RG Nadkarni	68*	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
GS Ramchand	67*	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
AJ Watkins	66	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
RT Spooner	66	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
RB Kanhai	66	-	11	-	-	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
Waqar Hasan	65	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
BF Butcher	64*	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
Zulfiqar Ahmed	63*	-	-	1	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Nov 1952	Test # 358
AG Kripal Singh	63	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
JR Reid	63	-	6	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
OG Smith	63	-	6	1	-	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
JKC Holt	63	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
HR Adhikari	63	-	-	-	-	India	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
PR Umrigar	62	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	28 Nov 1952	Test # 358
NJ Contractor	62	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
DG Phadkar	61	-	-	1	-	India	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
L Amarnath	61*	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
NJ Contractor	61	-	-	-	-	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JG Leggat	61	-	-	-	-	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
HR Adhikari	60	-	-	-	-	India	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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