Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for India in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	103	178	6	8503	319	49.43	10346	82.18	23	31	16	1219	90
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	5192+	79.33*	8	27	16	557+	61
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	64	89	27	750	56*	12.09	1005	74.62	-	2	18	83	25
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	47	82	5	3427	159*	44.50	4621	74.16	8	18	3	369	90
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	7	411	33
DG Bedingham (SA)	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	1228	67.42	1	4	2	91	17
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	34	58	1	2315	190	40.61	3458	66.94	7	5	4	316	12
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	24	46	2	2209	214*	50.20	3336	66.21	6	12	5	270	43
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2015	103	145	23	2224	115	18.22	3432	64.80	2	9	19	277	42
SS Iyer (IND)	2021-2024	14	24	2	811	105	36.86	1287	63.01	1	5	2	94	16
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	47	4	1588	174	36.93	2103+	62.38*	4	7	4	184+	9
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1992	43	72	3	2062	123	29.88	2697+	62.06*	2	12	7	221+	19
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2025	37	69	5	2647	269	41.35	4309	61.42	9	7	5	295	43
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	59	91	7	1292	84	15.38	2107	61.31	-	6	17	149	29
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.80	4	8	4	236	20
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	10	1164	24
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	46	84	2	2993	152	36.50	5016	59.66	8	13	7	426	14
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1823	59.46	4	3	3	124	6
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2014	90	144	16	4876	224	38.09	8249	59.11	6	33	10	544	78
PWA Mulder (SA)	2019-2025	21	34	4	1153	367*	38.43	1955	58.97	3	1	3	138	17
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	22	32	2	648	84	21.60	1103	58.74	-	4	4	79	3
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28*	4	8	2	122+	3
K Verreynne (SA)	2021-2025	27	42	6	1165	136*	32.36	2007	58.04	4	3	4	122	14
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2012	40	62	6	1900	169	33.92	3277	57.97	3	11	7	260	22
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	199	45.03	9892+	57.82*	22	21	5	720+	19
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	67	116	10	4301	212	40.57	7538	57.05	12	18	6	473	88
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	46	87	3	2611	121	31.08	1901+	56.97*	2	16	7	254+	2
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2025	123	210	13	9230	254*	46.85	16608	55.57	30	31	15	1027	30
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	85	128	25	3886	175*	37.72	7037	55.22	5	27	8	383	75
RD Rickelton (SA)	2022-2025	11	19	2	638	259	37.52	1169	54.57	2	-	1	76	4
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	106	151	15	3503	124	25.75	6423	54.53	6	14	9	399	23
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48*	7	11	1	246+	11
T de Zorzi (SA)	2023-2025	13	23	-	641	177	27.86	1182	54.23	1	2	3	69	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	29437+	54.04*	51	68	14	2058+	69
MA Agarwal (IND)	2018-2022	21	36	-	1488	243	41.33	2782	53.48	4	6	1	189	28
IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	40	5	1105	102	31.57	2076	53.22	1	6	5	131	18
SK Raina (IND)	2010-2015	18	31	2	768	120	26.48	1445	53.14	1	7	8	100	4
AB Agarkar (IND)	1998-2006	26	39	5	571	109*	16.79	1081	52.82	1	-	9	83	3
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	9	412	35
KL Rahul (IND)	2014-2025	63	111	4	3789	199	35.41	7234	52.37	10	19	9	456	26
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	14	22	4	646	84	35.88	1235	52.30	-	4	1	70	18
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2014	92	127	24	1231	75	11.95	2381	51.70	-	3	29	141	28
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2016	58	104	5	4154	206	41.95	8067	51.49	9	22	7	518	10
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	14070	51.25	16	35	13	900	57
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	104	23	944	40	11.65	1858	50.80	-	-	22	143	5
T Stubbs (SA)	2024-2025	10	18	1	510	122	30.00	1014	50.29	2	1	1	42	8
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	18	28	5	506	84*	22.00	1009	50.14	-	3	3	70	5
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2025	71	107	20	1031	47	11.85	2059	50.07	-	-	20	135	16
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	67	92	21	1009	76	14.21	2037	49.53	-	4	13	110	8
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2023	85	144	12	5077	188	38.46	10256	49.50	12	26	10	578	35
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17785	49.37	17	56	14	1135	5
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2018	26	42	1	1025	129	25.00	2080	49.27	1	7	4	134	4
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	64	110	13	3708	172	38.22	7544	49.15	4	25	10	425	16
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	10	548	25
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	116	45	699	32*	9.84	1439	48.57	-	-	21	104	8
PA Patel (IND)	2002-2018	25	38	8	934	71	31.13	1927	48.46	-	6	4	126	1
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	-	4	5	184	6
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	31	58	1	1944	212	34.10	4045	48.05	5	11	6	272	3
D Elgar (SA)	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2024	14	25	-	704	82	28.16	1477	47.66	-	4	-	86	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1986	39	62	16	1042	74	22.65	1007+	47.36*	-	5	7	70+	1
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2025	13	24	7	752	101*	44.23	1607	46.79	1	5	3	67	17
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-2001	19	37	1	1367	143	37.97	2938	46.52	2	8	3	159	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	9	516	21
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	61	105	1	3982	167	38.28	8601	46.29	12	15	8	467	33
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
TB de Bruyn (SA)	2017-2022	13	25	1	468	101	19.50	1012	46.24	1	-	2	69	2
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	7	96	4
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	16	1477	96
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2021	40	56	10	1353	117	29.41	2973	45.50	3	6	6	129	14
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2017	11	19	-	632	117	33.26	1402	45.07	3	2	3	66	0
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2018	21	29	4	552	63*	22.08	1225	45.06	-	3	4	77	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	11	409	33
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	-	8	8	204	17
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	103	176	11	7195	206*	43.60	16217	44.36	19	35	12	863	16
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1999	51	78	2	3202	201	42.13	7135+	44.33*	9	15	9	358+	38
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	119	27	1251	76	13.59	2825	44.28	-	2	14	124	36
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88*	6	15	3	251+	5
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	8	362	7
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.70	11	11	7	397	13
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1986	88	124	22	2759	102	27.04	4276+	43.66*	2	12	7	227+	3
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1983	91	155	10	6080	222	41.93	7573+	43.62*	14	35	10	567+	6
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	14184+	43.35*	34	45	12	908+	26
SJ Erwee (SA)	2022-2023	10	19	1	479	108	26.61	1107	43.27	1	1	2	56	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1989	16	29	1	729	93	26.03	1274+	42.62*	-	6	1	66+	0
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2012	163	284	32	13265	270	52.63	31184	42.53	36	63	7	1651	21
M Amarnath (IND)	1969-1988	69	113	10	4378	138	42.50	5112+	42.23*	11	24	12	301+	21
GH Vihari (IND)	2018-2022	16	28	3	839	111	33.56	1988	42.20	1	5	1	107	2
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.00	5	16	9	409	22
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
AL Wadekar (IND)	1966-1974	37	71	3	2113	143	31.07	2423+	41.76*	1	14	7	190+	2

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced