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Batting Records - IPL Season 2026

IPL Season 2026: Most Balls Faced By a Batsman

All Seasons 2026
#1 - Leader

Heinrich Klaasen

Sunrisers Hyderabad

131

Balls Faced

4Inn
140SR
0100s
56s
#2 - Second

Shubman Gill

Gujarat Titans

112

Balls Faced

3Inn
147SR
0100s
66s
#3 - Third

Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal

Rajasthan Royals

112

Balls Faced

4Inn
163SR
0100s
106s

Batting Insights - IPL 2026

IPL 2026 Most Balls Faced leaderboard

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The IPL 2026 most balls faced list ranks batters by deliveries faced in IPL 2026. It reflects time at the crease and anchor roles, showing who absorbs pressure and builds innings across phases. This metric is especially useful when analyzing stability in the top order.

Batters like Heinrich Klaasen, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal occupy the crease for long spells, balancing rotation with boundary scoring. Use strike rate and runs to judge tempo and to compare high-volume accumulators against faster scorers.

Key insights

  • Heinrich Klaasen leads with 131 Balls.
  • Gap to #2 (Shubman Gill) is 19 Balls.
  • Top three: Heinrich Klaasen, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Bhupendra Jaiswal.
  • Heinrich Klaasen scored at SR 140 across 4 innings.

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# Player Inn Balls Faced HS Balls SR 4s 6s 50s 100s
4 Jos Buttler 4 111 60 111 158 22 7 2 0
5 Sameer Rizvi 4 108 90 108 153 13 11 2 0
6 A Raghuvanshi 4 98 52 98 158 17 6 2 0
7 Dhruv Chand Jurel 4 97 81 97 181 17 8 2 0
8 A Mhatre 4 83 73 83 160 9 9 2 0
9 Prabhsimran Singh 3 83 51 83 157 11 9 1 0
10 Pathum Nissanka 4 83 44 83 153 17 4 0 0
11 Tristan Stubbs 4 80 60 80 136 7 4 1 0
12 Ajinkya Rahane 4 80 67 80 155 8 7 1 0
13 Rishabh Pant 4 79 68 79 130 13 1 1 0
14 C Connolly 3 78 72 78 152 12 5 1 0
15 B Sai Sudharsan 4 76 73 76 148 16 3 1 0
16 Sanju Samson 4 75 115 75 182 17 5 0 1
17 V Suryavanshi 4 75 78 75 266 18 18 2 0
18 Shreyas Iyer 3 73 69 73 187 9 10 2 0
19 Virat Kohli 3 72 69 72 179 14 6 1 0
20 Rajat Patidar 3 71 63 71 200 7 13 1 0
21 Aiden Markram 4 71 45 71 152 14 5 0 0
22 Rohit Sharma 3 70 78 70 168 11 7 1 0
23 Ishan Kishan 4 68 80 68 179 14 6 1 0
24 K L Rahul 4 66 92 66 168 13 5 1 0
25 K Nithish Kumar Reddy 4 64 56 64 150 7 6 1 0
26 MS Washington Sundar 4 63 55 63 155 11 3 1 0
27 Abdul Samad 4 63 36 63 114 7 1 0 0
28 Devdutt Padikkal 3 62 61 62 201 15 6 2 0
29 Travis Head 4 61 46 61 167 14 4 0 0
30 Abhishek Sharma 4 59 74 59 218 9 13 1 0
31 Ryan Rickelton 3 58 81 58 168 6 9 1 0
32 Ayush Badoni 4 57 54 57 131 9 2 1 0
33 MD Choudhary 4 57 54 57 154 5 8 1 0
34 Mitchell Marsh 4 55 35 55 136 6 5 0 0
35 Shivam Dube 4 54 45 54 164 9 4 0 0
36 R D Gaikwad 4 54 28 54 103 4 1 0 0
37 Rinku Singh 3 53 35 53 135 8 1 0 0
38 David Miller 3 52 41 52 151 8 4 0 0
39 Craig Overton 2 52 43 52 153 6 4 0 0
40 S N Khan 3 49 50 49 202 16 4 1 0
41 Nicholas Pooran 4 48 19 48 85 1 3 0 0
42 SA Yadav 3 47 51 47 155 6 3 1 0
43 Tim David 3 44 70 44 225 6 9 1 0
44 FH Allen 4 39 37 39 205 13 4 0 0
45 Priyansh Arya 3 39 57 39 264 8 10 1 0
46 Cameron Green 4 38 32 38 147 5 2 0 0
47 Philip Salt 3 38 46 38 142 5 2 0 0
48 Naman Dhir 3 36 28 36 161 6 2 0 0
49 PR Veer 2 36 43 36 136 7 1 0 0
50 Aniket Verma 4 36 43 36 177 4 5 0 0
51 Ravindra Jadeja 2 32 24 32 96 2 0 0 0
52 Riyan Parag 4 30 20 30 150 2 4 0 0
53 Glenn Phillips 3 30 25 30 140 2 2 0 0
54 N Wadhera 3 29 14 29 93 0 2 0 0
55 Nitish Rana 3 26 15 26 76 3 1 0 0
56 Tilak Varma 3 26 20 26 130 6 0 0 0
57 R K Tewatia 4 25 12 25 136 3 1 0 0
58 R Powell 1 24 39 24 162 4 2 0 0
59 A Kamboj 2 22 19 22 118 2 1 0 0
60 Kartik Sharma 3 21 18 21 119 0 2 0 0
61 Shashank Singh 3 20 16 20 170 3 1 0 0
62 Liam Livingstone 1 20 14 20 70 0 1 0 0
63 Noor Ahmad 2 17 8 17 52 0 1 0 0
64 Hardik Pandya 2 17 18 17 158 5 0 0 0
65 Rashid Khan 2 17 24 17 141 3 0 0 0
66 Shahbaz Ahmed 1 16 15 16 93 1 0 0 0
67 Kagiso Rabada 1 16 23 16 143 1 2 0 0
68 Shimron Hetmeyer 3 16 18 16 150 1 2 0 0
69 S Arora 3 15 9 15 120 0 2 0 0
70 Sherfane Rutherford 2 15 25 15 200 3 2 0 0
71 Venkatesh Iyer 1 15 29 15 193 1 2 0 0
72 Kumar Kushagra 1 14 18 14 128 3 0 0 0
73 Mitchell Santner 1 13 18 13 138 2 0 0 0
74 Ramandeep Singh 2 13 10 13 107 1 0 0 0
75 R Shepherd 1 11 22 11 200 2 1 0 0
76 Matthew Henry 2 10 5 10 70 1 0 0 0
77 George Linde 1 10 16 10 160 3 0 0 0
78 Mohammed Shami 3 10 12 10 140 1 1 0 0
79 Ashutosh Sharma 1 10 19 10 190 1 2 0 0
80 Marco Jansen 1 10 9 10 90 0 1 0 0
81 M Shahrukh Khan 2 10 11 10 150 1 1 0 0
82 Harsh Dubey 4 9 9 9 144 2 0 0 0
83 J M Sharma 2 9 5 9 55 0 0 0 0
84 Kuldeep Singh Yadav 2 8 4 8 62 0 0 0 0
85 Shardul Thakur 1 7 8 7 114 1 0 0 0
86 Matt Short 1 7 2 7 28 0 0 0 0
87 V Nigam 1 7 12 7 171 2 0 0 0
88 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1 7 9 7 128 1 0 0 0
89 Shivang Kumar 2 6 5 6 150 2 0 0 0
90 K H Pandya 1 6 1 6 16 0 0 0 0
91 Axar Patel 3 6 2 6 50 0 0 0 0
92 Lungi Ngidi 1 5 3 5 60 0 0 0 0
93 Marcus Stoinis 2 5 9 5 180 2 0 0 0
94 D L Chahar 1 5 6 5 120 1 0 0 0
95 DA Payne 1 5 6 5 120 0 0 0 0
96 Kartik Tyagi 1 5 5 5 100 1 0 0 0
97 Xavier Bartlett 1 5 11 5 220 0 1 0 0
98 H V Patel 2 4 4 4 100 1 0 0 0
99 Aavesh Khan 2 4 4 4 125 1 0 0 0
100 Sunil Narine 1 4 12 4 300 0 2 0 0

FAQs

Who leads most balls faced in IPL 2026?

Heinrich Klaasen leads IPL 2026 with 131 Balls.

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Players are ranked by most balls faced totals, with innings, strike rate and boundaries shown for context.

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.