Player Innings 50+ 100 50
Suresh Raina 24 7 0 7
Michael Hussey 11 4 0 4
Venkatesh Iyer 5 4 0 4
Dwayne Smith 11 4 0 4
Shane Watson 12 4 1 3
AB de Villiers 10 3 0 3
Faf du Plessis 15 3 0 3
Lendl Simmons 6 3 0 3
Suryakumar Yadav 10 3 0 3
Jos Buttler 3 2 1 1

Key Insights

Suresh Raina: The Undisputed Leader

Suresh Raina leads the pack by miles. He notched up seven fifties, all for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), in the IPL playoffs.

Five of Raina’s half-centuries came in wins, which is again the most by a batter in the knockouts.

One of Raina’s fifties even came off 16 deliveries. This is the fastest half-century in all playoff games. He bashed 87 off 25 balls versus Punjab in 2014.

Raina has also scored the most runs – 714 – in this phase of the tournament.


Other Close Contenders

Dwayne Smith, on the contrary, has the most fifty-plus scores in losses in the playoffs. 

Over 25 batters have scored two or more fifty-plus scores in the IPL playoffs. Seven of them have a century to their names.

Among them, Shubman Gill’s score of 129 is the highest by a batter in a knockout match. Find the next 9 here.