Yuvi’s disciple is making waves in IPL, stars like Klaasen-Narayan are also behind in strike rate – News India Live
Best batting strike rate in IPL 2024 : A lot of explosive batting has been seen so far in IPL 2024. This season also saw the biggest score in the history of the tournament, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Now a batsman from Hyderabad is making such a splash in the 17th season of IPL that even explosive batsmen like Sunil Narine and Heinrich Klaasen are not visible in comparison to his strike rate. The name of this batsman from Hyderabad is Abhishek Sharma. He is a disciple of former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh and like the guru, plays left-handed.
Batted against CSK at a strike rate of 308.33
Abhishek Sharma is batting in the top order for Hyderabad in this IPL season. Hyderabad played its fourth match of the season against Chennai Super Kings at its home ground. Hyderabad won this match by 6 wickets, in which Abhishek Sharma’s explosive innings played an important role. Abhishek played an inning of 37 runs in 12 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Meanwhile, his strike rate was 308.33. For this quick innings he got the title of ‘Player of the Match’.
Even ahead of Sunil Narine and Heinrich Klaasen
Abhishek Sharma has the best strike rate among batsmen who have played at least 50 balls in IPL 2024. He is scoring runs at a strike rate of 217.56. This Hyderabad batsman has scored 161 runs in 4 matches. In this list of best strike rates, Sunil Narine of Kolkata is at second place and Heinrich Klaasen of Hyderabad is at third place.
Best batting strike rate in IPL 2024 (batsmen who have bowled at least 50 balls)
217.56 – Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
206.15 – Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
203.44 – Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
180.64 – Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
175.90 – Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)