Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings in Tests at SL: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - vs Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Abdur Rehman	36	22	3	3	163.63	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
V Sehwag	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
N Kapil Dev	36	26	7	-	138.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
N Kapil Dev	35	28	7	-	125.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
Z Khan	45	40	5	2	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
Ramiz Raja	36	33	6	-	109.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Shan Masood	51	47	4	1	108.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Q de Kock	32	31	3	-	103.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
SR Tendulkar	53	54	10	-	98.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
V Sehwag	99	101	15	-	98.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
S Dhawan	35	37	5	1	94.59	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
F du Plessis	48	51	8	1	94.11	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
GA Hick	26	28	2	1	92.85	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
Kamran Akmal	74	80	7	1	92.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
Umar Gul	46	50	3	3	92.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
ML Hayden	28	31	5	-	90.32	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
AB de Villiers	65	72	8	-	90.27	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
Moin Khan	98	109	9	3	89.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
MD Crowe	107	121	10	4	88.42	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
KR Rutherford	38	43	3	1	88.37	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
CC Lewis	45	51	7	-	88.23	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
Taufeeq Umar	65	74	12	-	87.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
MJ Guptill	28	32	4	-	87.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Agha Salman	132*	154	15	1	85.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
CJ McDermott	40	48	5	-	83.33	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
Misbah-ul-Haq	66*	80	5	-	82.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
RA Jadeja	70*	85	4	3	82.35	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
Sarfaraz Ahmed	103	127	7	1	81.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
JC Buttler	64	79	3	-	81.01	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
MJ Guptill	35	44	7	-	79.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
STR Binny	49	62	7	-	79.03	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
S Ramesh	30	38	5	-	78.94	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
Hannan Sarkar	30	39	5	-	76.92	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
D Ramdin	56	73	9	-	76.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Imran Farhat	69	90	13	-	76.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
PM Siddle	26	34	4	-	76.47	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
Shahriar Nafees	38	50	7	-	76.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
AC Gilchrist	31*	41	-	2	75.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
LRPL Taylor	27	36	4	-	75.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Mohammad Rizwan	50*	67	4	1	74.62	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
DL Vettori	140	189	16	-	74.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
RP Snell	48	65	8	-	73.84	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	31	42	3	-	73.80	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2588
Taufeeq Umar	42*	57	5	-	73.68	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
GW Flower	41	56	8	-	73.21	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
DA Warner	68	94	6	1	72.34	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
ME Trescothick	70	98	13	-	71.42	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
G Gambhir	39	55	5	-	70.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
ME Waugh	56	79	4	-	70.88	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
A Flintoff	77	109	10	4	70.64	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
DM Jones	57	82	9	-	69.51	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
KL Rahul	57	82	7	-	69.51	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
RG Sharma	50	72	4	1	69.44	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
Ahmed Shehzad	58	85	7	-	68.23	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
Younis Khan	32*	47	2	2	68.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
HK Badani	38	56	7	-	67.85	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
A Mishra	59	87	7	-	67.81	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
Naimur Rahman	48	71	9	-	67.60	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
MEK Hussey	93	138	11	1	67.39	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
Noor Ali Zadran	31	46	5	-	67.39	Afghanistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
S Ramesh	143	214	18	-	66.82	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
RT Ponting	92	138	11	1	66.66	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
R Ashwin	58	87	7	-	66.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
CL Hooper	56	84	8	-	66.66	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
BA Stokes	42	63	4	-	66.66	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
MEK Hussey	118	178	12	2	66.29	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
Rahmat Shah	91	139	13	-	65.46	Afghanistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
GP Thorpe	32*	49	2	-	65.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
CL Cairns	26	40	2	2	65.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
BA Stokes	57	88	5	2	64.77	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
SR Tendulkar	104*	161	11	1	64.59	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
Saleem Malik	155	240	26	-	64.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
T Bavuma	63	98	4	-	64.28	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
Shoaib Malik	45	70	7	-	64.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
Inzamam-ul-Haq	54*	85	7	-	63.52	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
MJ Clarke	112	178	14	3	62.92	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
A Mishra	39	62	4	-	62.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
MP Vaughan	87	139	12	-	62.58	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
Mohammad Ashraful	75	120	12	-	62.50	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
BC Lara	221	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
H Masakadza	28	45	5	-	62.22	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Azharuddin	108*	174	14	-	62.06	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
Sarfaraz Ahmed	55	89	2	-	61.79	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
Abdullah Shafique	201	326	19	4	61.65	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Mohammad Yousuf	90	146	7	1	61.64	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
RT Ponting	105*	171	11	-	61.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
BJ Haddin	35	57	6	-	61.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Sep 2011	Test # 2008
IR Bell	54	88	7	-	61.36	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
Nasir Jamal	41*	67	5	1	61.19	Afghanistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
MJ Prior	79	130	9	-	60.76	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
GA Hick	68	112	7	2	60.71	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
Litton Das	34	56	2	1	60.71	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2588
Javed Omar	40	66	8	-	60.60	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
BC Lara	130	215	14	1	60.46	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
MM Ali	33	55	4	-	60.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
Tushar Imran	28	47	4	-	59.57	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
AM Rahane	132	222	14	-	59.45	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
Mohammad Hafeez	196	331	20	1	59.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
JM Bairstow	110	186	9	1	59.13	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
R Ashwin	54	92	5	1	58.69	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267

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