Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
VRV Singh	29	19	6	0	152.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Shahid Nazir	40	35	4	1	114.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
V Sehwag	33	29	6	0	113.79	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Naved-ul-Hasan	30	29	4	1	103.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Mohammad Yousuf	83	90	10	1	92.22	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
Kamran Akmal	57*	64	9	0	89.06	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
SC Ganguly	66	75	9	1	88.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
MS Dhoni	34	39	7	0	87.17	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
Naved-ul-Hasan	33	41	4	1	80.48	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
V Sehwag	40	50	6	1	80.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
KD Karthik	38*	48	6	0	79.16	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
SC Ganguly	26	33	4	0	78.78	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
MS Dhoni	47	67	10	0	70.14	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
S Sreesanth	28	40	5	0	70.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
SC Ganguly	25	38	4	0	65.78	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Inzamam-ul-Haq	92*	142	13	0	64.78	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
Younis Khan	68	110	10	0	61.81	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Yasir Hameed	35	57	7	0	61.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
Kamran Akmal	33	54	5	0	61.11	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
W Jaffer	28	47	4	0	59.57	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
Younis Khan	38	64	5	0	59.37	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Mohammad Hafeez	32	54	5	0	59.25	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
Inzamam-ul-Haq	42	71	6	0	59.15	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Mohammad Yousuf	32	55	5	0	58.18	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
SR Tendulkar	63	115	11	0	54.78	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
Younis Khan	67*	125	4	0	53.60	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
Mohammad Sami	31	58	3	0	53.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
Kamran Akmal	29	55	4	0	52.72	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
SC Ganguly	46	89	5	0	51.68	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
SC Ganguly	51*	101	4	1	50.49	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
R Dravid	29	58	5	0	50.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Shahid Nazir	27	54	3	0	50.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
SR Tendulkar	44	89	7	0	49.43	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
SR Tendulkar	64	130	11	0	49.23	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Yasir Hameed	65	135	8	1	48.14	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
W Jaffer	116	244	15	0	47.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
VVS Laxman	73	154	12	0	47.40	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Z Khan	37	80	3	2	46.25	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Imran Farhat	26	58	4	0	44.82	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Younis Khan	45	101	8	0	44.55	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
VVS Laxman	28	67	5	0	41.79	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Imran Farhat	68	168	10	0	40.47	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Inzamam-ul-Haq	35	90	3	0	38.88	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
R Dravid	32	83	5	0	38.55	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
KD Karthik	63	170	7	0	37.05	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
W Jaffer	26	73	5	0	35.61	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
R Dravid	47	134	5	0	35.07	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
VVS Laxman	50*	156	3	0	32.05	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]