Top 10 Highest Strike Rate In World Cup: The 13th edition of the ODI World Cup has taken place recently. In this tournament, we saw many batsmen playing explosive innings in different matches.
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has also scored a century on 40 balls and South Africa’s Aiden Markram has also scored a century on 49 balls. However, there have been many batsmen in World Cup history, who have made an important contribution to strengthening their team by playing innings of 50+ runs while batting fast.
New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum holds the record for playing an innings of 50+ runs with the highest strike rate in World Cup history. Let us tell you that, here we are not mainly talking about most half-century or centuries, but rather the strike rate as per the entire innings of 50+ runs played by the batsman in a match.
In this article, we will tell you about those top 10 batsmen who have played innings of 50+ runs with the highest strike rate in the ODI World Cup.
So, let’s move towards today’s main topic and learn about ‘Highest Strike Rate In World Cup‘:
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Top 10 Highest Strike Rate In World Cup
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10. Eoin Mogran (ENG) – 148 runs off 71 balls (Strike rate- 208.45) 2019:
In the World Cup 2019, the then-captain of England played a brilliant inning of 148 runs in 71 balls at a strike rate of 208.45 in the match played against Afghanistan in Manchester.
During this period he hit 4 fours and 17 sixes. Let us tell you that in this match, Morgan had made the record of hitting most sixes in a single ODI match. In that match, England won by 150 runs and Morgan was chosen player of the match.
9. Dinesh Chandimal (SL) – 52* runs in 24 balls (Strike rate- 216.66) 2015:
Sri Lanka’s middle-order batsman Dinesh Chandimal played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs in 24 balls at a strike rate of 216.66, which included 8 fours and a six, in the World Cup 2015 match against Australia in Sydney.
However, despite his innings, Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 64 runs while chasing the target of 377 runs.
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8. Kieron Pollard (WI) – 60 runs in 27 balls (Strike rate- 222.22) 2011:
In the match played in Delhi, West Indies’ explosive batsman Kieron Pollard played a brilliant inning of 60 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 222.22 against Netherlands in the World Cup 2011.
Which included 5 fours and 4 sixes. Thanks to his innings, West Indies scored 330 runs losing 8 wickets and won by 215 runs.
7. Glenn Maxwell (AUS) – 88 runs in 39 balls (Strike rate- 225.64) 2015:
In the match played in Perth, Australia’s explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell played a brilliant inning of 88 runs in 39 balls at a strike rate of 225.64 against Afghanistan in the World Cup 2015.
Which included 6 fours and 7 skyscraper sixes. Thanks to his innings, Australia scored 417 runs losing 6 wickets, which was also the biggest total in World Cup history at that time. Australia won this match by a huge margin of 275 runs.
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6. Mark Boucher (SA) – 52 runs in 23 balls (Strike rate- 226.08) 2007:
In the Super 8 match of the World Cup 2007, South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Boucher played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 23 balls at a strike rate of 226.08 in the match played against West Indies in St. George.
Which included 2 fours and 5 sixes. Thanks to his innings, South Africa had scored 356 runs losing 4 wickets and won by 67 runs.
5. Brendon McCullum (NZ) – 59 runs in 26 balls (Strike rate- 226.92) 2015:
In the World Cup 2015, the then New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum played an excellent inning of 59 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 226.92 in the match played against South Africa in Auckland.
Which included 8 fours and 4 sixes. In this match, New Zealand got the target of 298 in 43 overs through DLS method, in which they won by 4 wickets with 1 ball remaining.
4. Glenn Maxwell (AUS) – 106 runs in 44 balls (Strike rate- 240.90) 2023:
In the World Cup 2023 match played against Netherlands in Delhi, Australia’s explosive batsman Glenn Maxwell scored the fastest century in World Cup history in 40 balls.
In that match, he played a brilliant inning of 106 runs in 44 balls at a strike rate of 240.90, which included 9 fours and 8 sixes. Thanks to his innings, Australia scored 399 runs losing 8 wickets and registered the biggest win in World Cup history by 309 runs.
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3. Mark Boucher (SA) – 75* runs in 31 balls (Strike rate- 241.93) 2007:
Former South African wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Boucher played an unbeaten inning of 75* runs in 31 balls at a strike rate of 241.93, which included 9 fours and 4 sixes, in the World Cup 2007 match played against the Netherlands in Basseterre.
Thanks to his innings, South Africa had scored 353 runs losing 3 wickets in the stipulated 40 overs and won by 221 runs.
2. AB De Villiers (SA) – 162 runs in 66 balls (Strike rate- 245.45) 2015:
Former South African explosive batsman AB de Villiers, known as Mr. 360, played a brilliant inning of 162 runs in 66 balls at a strike rate of 245.45 in the World Cup 2015 match against West Indies in Sydney.
Which included 17 fours and 8 sixes. Thanks to his innings, South Africa scored 408 runs losing 5 wickets and won by 257 runs.
1. Brendon McCullum (NZ) – 52* runs in 21 balls (Strike rate- 247.61) 2007:
New Zealand’s explosive former batsman Brendon McCullum played an explosive inning of 52* runs at a strike rate of 247.61 off 21 balls in the World Cup 2007 match played against Canada in Gros Islet.
Which included 1 four and 5 sixes. Thanks to his innings, New Zealand had scored 363 runs losing 5 wickets and won by 114 runs.
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List Of Highest Strike Rate In World Cup History
| Position | Player | Team | Matches | Strike Rate | Runs | Averege |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 27 | 160.32 | 901 | 47.42 |
| 2 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 34 | 120.84 | 742 | 33.72 |
| 3 | Jos Buttler | England | 26 | 118.2 | 591 | 26.86 |
| 4 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 23 | 117.29 | 1207 | 63.52 |
| 5 | Kapil Dev | India | 26 | 115.14 | 669 | 37.16 |
| 6 | David Miller | South Africa | 24 | 113.33 | 816 | 48 |
| 7 | Shane Watson | Australia | 22 | 108.06 | 643 | 53.58 |
| 8 | Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | 10 | 106.44 | 578 | 64.22 |
| 9 | Virender Sehwag | India | 22 | 106.17 | 843 | 38.31 |
| 10 | Rohit Sharma | India | 28 | 105.49 | 1575 | 60.57 |
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