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Batting Records - IPL Season 2009

IPL Season 2009: Highest Strike Rate By a Batsman

All Seasons 2009
#1 - Leader

Dwayne Smith

Sunrisers Hyderabad

162

Strike Rate

8Inn
215Runs
0100s
156s
#2 - Second

Adam Gilchrist

Sunrisers Hyderabad

152

Strike Rate

16Inn
495Runs
0100s
296s
#3 - Third

Andrew Symonds

Sunrisers Hyderabad

150

Strike Rate

8Inn
249Runs
0100s
116s

Batting Insights - IPL 2009

IPL 2009 Highest Strike Rate leaderboard

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The IPL 2009 highest strike rate table ranks batters by runs per 100 balls (minimum 100 runs) in IPL 2009. It highlights impact hitters whose scoring pace changes matches, whether through powerplay blitzes or late-innings surges. This metric is essential for spotting finishers and high-tempo top-order batters who keep the run rate ahead of the required rate.

At the top you will see names like Dwayne Smith, Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds, showing how powerplay bursts and death-overs acceleration separate the best. The leaderboard includes runs, balls faced and boundaries to reveal whether a strike rate is powered by short cameos or sustained dominance. Use it to compare explosive batters across seasons and venues.

Key insights

  • Dwayne Smith leads with 162 SR.
  • Gap to #2 (Adam Gilchrist) is 10 SR.
  • Top three: Dwayne Smith, Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds.
  • Dwayne Smith scored at SR 162 across 8 innings.

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# Player Inn SR Runs HS Balls 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 Matthew Hayden 12 144 572 89 395 60 22 5 0
5 Virender Sehwag 11 143 198 50 138 24 7 1 0
6 Manish Pandey 4 142 168 114 118 17 4 0 1
7 Suresh Raina 14 140 434 98 308 37 21 2 0
8 Ross Taylor 11 134 280 81 208 20 15 1 0
9 Yusuf Pathan 13 132 243 62 183 24 12 1 0
10 Mahela Jayawardene 10 132 219 52 165 17 7 1 0
11 Dinesh Karthik 13 132 288 52 217 20 9 1 0
12 AB de Villiers 13 130 465 105 355 39 12 3 1
13 Mark Boucher 9 129 150 48 116 8 6 0 0
14 M S Dhoni 13 127 332 58 261 22 9 2 0
15 Abhishek Nayar 11 126 193 35 152 14 7 0 0
16 MN van Wyk 5 126 167 74 132 19 1 1 0
17 TL Suman 12 124 237 41 190 18 8 0 0
18 Roelof van der Merwe 8 124 122 35 98 8 8 0 0
19 Irfan Pathan 12 124 196 39 158 17 6 0 0
20 Simon Katich 9 123 145 50 117 14 6 1 0
21 S Sohal 8 123 115 43 93 9 8 0 0
22 David Warner 7 123 163 51 132 16 5 1 0
23 Tillakaratne Dilshan 13 122 418 67 341 42 13 4 0
24 Sachin Tendulkar 13 120 364 68 303 39 10 2 0
25 Chris Gayle 7 119 171 44 143 15 10 0 0
26 Brendon McCullum 13 119 285 84 239 27 12 2 0
27 Bradley Hodge 12 117 365 73 310 34 9 3 0
28 Ajinkya Rahane 7 117 144 62 123 12 3 2 0
29 Naman Ojha 8 116 168 68 144 11 11 2 0
30 Ravi Bopara 5 115 138 84 119 8 7 1 0
31 Rahul Dravid 12 115 271 66 234 28 3 1 0
32 Yuvraj Singh 14 115 340 58 294 25 16 2 0
33 Sanath Jayasuriya 12 115 221 52 192 23 7 2 0
34 Rohit Sharma 16 114 362 52 315 22 18 1 0
35 Jean-Paul Duminy 12 114 372 62 325 26 11 5 0
36 Parthiv Patel 9 112 142 36 126 19 2 0 0
37 Virat Kohli 13 112 246 50 219 22 8 1 0
38 Herschelle Gibbs 14 112 371 69 331 32 12 4 0
39 Ravindra Jadeja 13 110 295 42 266 21 6 0 0
40 Y Venugopal Rao 12 108 124 32 114 6 3 0 0
41 Jacques Kallis 15 108 361 69 332 37 8 3 0
42 Subramaniam Badrinath 11 107 177 59 164 20 4 1 0
43 Dwayne Bravo 10 107 218 70 203 15 8 2 0
44 RV Uthappa 13 102 175 66 170 18 3 1 0
45 Gautam Gambhir 15 102 286 71 278 32 2 1 0
46 Kumar Sangakkara 13 102 332 60 324 29 5 2 0
47 Rob Quiney 7 100 103 51 102 12 3 1 0
48 Graeme Smith 12 98 212 77 216 27 1 1 0
49 K Goel 8 93 124 38 133 9 4 0 0
50 Shane Warne 10 93 108 34 116 6 4 0 0
51 Sourav Ganguly 11 91 189 46 207 13 6 0 0

FAQs

Who leads highest strike rate in IPL 2009?

Dwayne Smith leads IPL 2009 with 162 SR.

Is there a minimum runs filter for strike rate rankings?

Yes. Batters are included after scoring a minimum of 100 runs.

How often is this updated?

We update these leaderboards after each IPL season using ball-by-ball data.

Where does the data come from?

The underlying ball-by-ball data is sourced from Cricsheet.