Indian Premier League Records

IPL Stats: Batters with Highest Strike Rates in Death Overs

Batter Strike Rate Innings Runs Balls Faced 4s/6s
Tristan Stubbs 243.42 16 370 152 33/23
AB de Villiers 232.56 75 1421 611 106/112
Liam Livingstone 223.80 13 235 105 14/22
Shashank Singh 207.79 18 320 154 26/20
Heinrich Klaasen 207.65 24 434 209 31/30
Chris Gayle 206.12 24 404 196 27/35
Andre Russell 205.43 68 1134 552 83/100
Rishabh Pant 205.23 48 667 325 56/49
Tim David 204.24 35 578 283 34/50
Faf du Plessis 200.00 30 416 208 39/23

(Note: Batters who have faced at least 100 balls in the death overs (17-20) mentioned in the list.)


Key Insights – IPL’s Ultimate Finishers

Tristan Stubbs has the highest strike rate in the death overs in the IPL. The South African batter has smashed 370 runs from 152 balls at 243.42 in the last four overs. Here is one of his powerful knocks, playing for DC.

Stubbs also has the highest strike rate in the slog overs in an IPL season (minimum 50 balls). He struck at 297.33 while aggregating 223 runs off 75 balls in 2024.

AB de Villiers struck above 200 in the slog overs in five IPL editions, the most by a batter.

Kieron Pollard recorded the highest strike rate in the last four overs in an innings (minimum five balls). He smoked 22* runs from five deliveries at 440 against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022.