Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	29	11	3	2	263.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
Shoaib Akhtar	28	14	4	2	200.00	Pakistan	v India	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
Shahid Afridi	58	34	8	2	170.58	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Mohammad Ashraful	67	41	12	2	163.41	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
ML Hayden	29	20	4	0	145.00	Australia	v India	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
AC Gilchrist	26	18	3	1	144.44	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
RJ Peterson	34	24	3	1	141.66	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
Shahid Afridi	29	21	7	0	138.09	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
ML Hayden	28*	21	4	1	133.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
JL Langer	28	21	3	2	133.33	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Shahid Afridi	60	46	9	1	130.43	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
Talha Jubair	31	24	5	1	129.16	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
Shahid Afridi	103	80	7	7	128.75	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
Kamran Akmal	102*	81	11	2	125.92	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
Shahid Afridi	156	128	20	6	121.87	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
AC Gilchrist	29	24	4	0	120.83	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
WW Hinds	40	34	9	0	117.64	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
GC Smith	35	30	5	0	116.66	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
CK Coventry	37	32	4	1	115.62	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
A Flower	51	45	7	0	113.33	Zimbabwe	v India	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
AC Gilchrist	122	112	15	4	108.92	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
Abdul Razzaq	26	24	5	0	108.33	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
IR Bell	67	62	12	0	108.06	England	v India	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
SK Warne	39	37	2	3	105.40	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
CK Coventry	25	24	6	0	104.16	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
M Muralidaran	67	65	5	3	103.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
Mashrafe Mortaza	70	68	8	3	102.94	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
SP Jones	44	43	7	1	102.32	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
ML Hayden	99	98	10	2	101.02	Australia	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
Shahid Afridi	59	59	9	2	100.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
JL Langer	35	35	6	1	100.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
SM Pollock	40	41	6	1	97.56	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
MV Boucher	68*	70	9	1	97.14	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
Inzamam-ul-Haq	31*	32	3	0	96.87	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
RJ Sidebottom	25*	26	4	0	96.15	England	v India	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
DL Vettori	48*	50	5	0	96.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
AC Gilchrist	43	45	4	2	95.55	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
AC Gilchrist	104	109	13	3	95.41	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
A Flintoff	59	62	10	1	95.16	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
Yasir Hameed	39	41	8	0	95.12	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
AJ Stewart	87	92	14	0	94.56	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
D Mohammed	52	55	10	0	94.54	West Indies	v India	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
Faisal Iqbal	51	54	8	0	94.44	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
A Symonds	66	70	7	1	94.28	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
DPMD Jayawardene	28	30	4	0	93.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
MG Johnson	28	30	5	0	93.33	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
SJ Harmison	39	42	7	0	92.85	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
Naved-ul-Hasan	38*	41	6	1	92.68	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
Misbah-ul-Haq	37	40	7	0	92.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
AN Cook	36	39	6	0	92.30	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
CL Hooper	35	38	6	0	92.10	West Indies	v India	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
HAPW Jayawardene	43	47	6	1	91.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
SR Clark	32	35	3	1	91.42	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
Rajin Saleh	42	46	8	0	91.30	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
L Klusener	29	32	3	2	90.62	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
JN Gillespie	48*	53	6	0	90.56	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
AM Blignaut	84*	93	8	4	90.32	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
AC Gilchrist	55	61	9	0	90.16	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
AM Blignaut	35	39	4	2	89.74	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
DPMD Jayawardene	71	80	14	1	88.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
SP Fleming	30	34	3	1	88.23	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
D Ganga	66*	75	6	0	88.00	West Indies	v India	Basseterre	22 Jun 2006	Test # 1807
ML Hayden	35	40	3	1	87.50	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
L Klusener	108	124	18	1	87.09	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
Shoaib Akhtar	47	54	5	3	87.03	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
ML Hayden	47	54	6	0	87.03	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
Mohammad Yousuf	173	199	22	2	86.93	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
Mashrafe Mortaza	79	91	7	3	86.81	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
Younis Khan	84*	98	10	0	85.71	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
TJ Friend	60*	70	8	1	85.71	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
A Symonds	44	52	4	2	84.61	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
AJ Stewart	33	39	4	0	84.61	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
MV Boucher	27*	32	6	0	84.37	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
DS Lehmann	70	83	10	0	84.33	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
TM Dilshan	112	133	12	0	84.21	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
Abdul Razzaq	32	38	2	2	84.21	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
ML Hayden	53*	63	9	0	84.12	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
A Symonds	35	42	5	0	83.33	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
Tapash Baisya	29	35	5	0	82.85	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
ML Hayden	77	93	8	1	82.79	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
BB McCullum	115	140	13	0	82.14	New Zealand	v India	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
Inzamam-ul-Haq	86	105	10	1	81.90	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
Mohammad Ashraful	158*	194	24	3	81.44	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
JL Langer	47	58	8	0	81.03	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
GC Smith	34	42	6	0	80.95	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
TM Dilshan	38	47	5	0	80.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
JL Langer	58	72	7	2	80.55	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
ST Jayasuriya	111	138	16	1	80.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
AC Gilchrist	45*	56	5	0	80.35	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
SM Katich	77*	96	9	0	80.20	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
RT Ponting	55	69	9	0	79.71	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
KM Dabengwa	35	44	5	1	79.54	Zimbabwe	v India	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
RP Arnold	31	39	4	0	79.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
CL Hooper	46	58	3	2	79.31	West Indies	v India	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
CH Gayle	72	91	13	1	79.12	West Indies	v India	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
KP Pietersen	87	110	14	1	79.09	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
C White	94*	119	12	1	78.99	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
Mohammad Yousuf	48	61	9	0	78.68	Pakistan	v India	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
ML Hayden	136	173	17	1	78.61	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
JL Langer	117	149	17	1	78.52	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]