| Batter | Strike Rate | Innings | Runs | Balls Faced | 4s/6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Narine | 177.81 | 40 | 537 | 302 | 42/41 |
| Phil Salt | 175.14 |
15 | 310 | 177 | 29/17 |
| Virender Sehwag | 173.54 | 42 | 1102 | 635 | 101/57 |
| Nicholas Pooran | 167.80 | 72 | 1480 | 882 | 88/115 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 166.08 | 39 | 666 | 401 | 43/44 |
| Rajat Patidar | 164.96 | 32 | 810 | 491 | 43/55 |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 159.67 | 22 | 388 | 243 | 27/26 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 159.50 | 40 | 957 | 600 | 58/55 |
| Chris Gayle | 159.01 | 76 | 2188 | 1376 | 114/179 |
| Will Jacks | 156.32 | 13 | 272 | 174 | 18/19 |
(Note: Batters who have faced at least 100 balls in the middle overs (7-16) mentioned in the list.)
Key Insights – The Mid-Innings Power-Hitters
Three batters – Sunil Narine, Phil Salt, and Virender Sehwag – have a strike rate of 170 or more in the middle overs in the IPL. Among them, Narine has the best, striking at 177.81.
Over 15 batters have struck at 150 or more between the seventh and 16th over in the IPL.
Sehwag has recorded the highest strike rate in the middle overs in an IPL season. He struck at 217.47 while scoring 224 runs from 103 balls in 2011.
Glenn Maxwell is the only batter to strike above 190 in the middle overs in two seasons. He had strike rates of 192.82 and 192.36 in the 2014 and 2017 editions, respectively.
Pat Cummins has the highest strike rate in the middle phase in an innings (minimum 10 balls). He stormed his way to 56 runs off 15 balls against Mumbai Indians in 2022. Cummins took 14 deliveries to complete his fifty, the t-second fastest in the league.
Chris Gayle has struck the most maximums in the middle overs, with 179 sixes to his name in 76 outings – the reason why he tops this list.
Virat Kohli is the only batter with 300 fours in the middle overs in the IPL. He is also the only batter with more than 4000 runs in this phase.
