The ICC ODI World Cup returned in 2023 after a gap of four years, and fans got to witness the most exciting edition of the tournament so far. The World Cup is the biggest and most celebrated event in cricket and holds great emotional and cultural significance for countries.
Several teams participate in the World Cup, and hundreds of players have been part of the tournament in its nearly 50-year history. However, only a few players, especially batsmen have managed to leave their mark as entertainers.
The One-Day International format of the World Cup doesn’t allow players to take too many risks and play explosively like the shorter formats like Twenty20. But ODI isn’t as slow and technical as Test either. Batters have to take a measured approach, preserving wickets while also maintaining the net run rate with regular boundaries and hoping to register a respectable score. Then the bowlers do their job.
However, there have been batsmen who just can’t control their explosiveness. Players like Virender Sehwag, Brendon McCullum and Adam Gilchrist were known heavy hitters in their era and often began the innings with a boundary. Despite more calculated bowling, field placements and pitch surfaces, some batsmen have maintained high strike rates, also known as the scoring rate throughout their World Cup careers.
Today, we bring you the list of the players with the highest batting strike rate in the ICC World Cup.
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Highest Batting Strike Rate in the Cricket World Cup
- The strike rate is defined as the number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. It’s the measure of a batsman’s ability to score runs quickly.
- Say, Sachin Tendulkar makes 68 runs in 34 balls. His strike rate would be (68/34)*100 = 200.
- The strike rate can also reveal how explosive a batsman is and his consistency in playing at that level.
- In the World Cup, Brendon McCullum is the all-time leader when it comes to the highest strike rate. The Kiwi-heavy hitter has amassed a strike rate of 120 in 27 innings of the World Cup.
- If we go by the criteria of minimum 250 runs, Australia's Glenn Maxwell leads the list of the players with the highest strike in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Highest Batting Strike Rate in the ICC World Cup (Minimum 250 Runs Made) | |||||||
| Rank | Player | Inns | Runs | Strike Rate | Highest Score | Hundreds | Span |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 25 | 901 | 160.32 | 201* | 3 | 2015-2023 |
| 2 | Heinrich Klaasen (SA) | 10 | 373 | 133.21 | 109 | 1 | 2023-2023 |
| 3 | Travis Head (AUS) | 6 | 329 | 127.51 | 137 | 2 | 2023-2023 |
| 4 | Lance Klusener (SA) | 11 | 372 | 121.17 | 57 | 0 | 1999-2003 |
| 5 | Brendon McCullum (NZ) | 27 | 742 | 120.84 | 101 | 1 | 2003-2015 |
| 6 | Jos Buttler (ENG) | 23 | 591 | 118.2 | 103 | 1 | 2015-2023 |
| 7 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 22 | 1207 | 117.29 | 162* | 4 | 2007-2015 |
| 8 | Jason Roy (ENG) | 7 | 443 | 115.36 | 153 | 1 | 2019-2019 |
| 9 | Kapil Dev (IND) | 24 | 669 | 115.14 | 175* | 1 | 1979-1992 |
| 10 | David Miller (SA) | 21 | 816 | 113.33 | 138* | 2 | 2015-2023 |
| 11 | Shreyas Iyer (IND) | 11 | 530 | 113.24 | 128* | 2 | 2023-2023 |
| 12 | Shahid Afridi (PAK) | 24 | 325 | 112.45 | 37 | 0 | 1999-2015 |
| 13 | Glenn Phillips (NZ) | 9 | 285 | 111.76 | 71 | 0 | 2023-2023 |
| 14 | Daryl Mitchell (NZ) | 9 | 552 | 111.06 | 134 | 2 | 2023-2023 |
| 15 | Jason Holder (WI) | 11 | 325 | 110.54 | 57 | 0 | 2015-2019 |
| 16 | JM Davison (CAN) | 14 | 340 | 110.38 | 111 | 1 | 2003-2011 |
| 17 | Paul Stirling (IRE) | 12 | 316 | 110.1 | 101 | 1 | 2011-2015 |
| 18 | Shane Watson (AUS) | 19 | 643 | 108.06 | 94 | 0 | 2007-2015 |
| 19 | Kusal Perera (SL) | 16 | 449 | 107.93 | 78 | 0 | 2015-2023 |
| 20 | Ravindra Jadeja (IND) | 11 | 254 | 107.62 | 77 | 0 | 2015-2023 |
| 21 | Suresh Raina (IND) | 9 | 358 | 107.5 | 110* | 1 | 2011-2015 |
| 22 | Mitchell Marsh (AUS) | 13 | 472 | 107.02 | 177* | 2 | 2015-2023 |
| 23 | Shubman Gill (IND) | 9 | 354 | 106.94 | 92 | 0 | 2023-2023 |
| 24 | Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | 10 | 578 | 106.44 | 123* | 3 | 2023-2023 |
| 25 | Moin Khan (PAK) | 14 | 286 | 106.31 | 63 | 0 | 1992-1999 |
| 26 | Virender Sehwag (IND) | 22 | 843 | 106.17 | 175 | 2 | 2003-2011 |
| 27 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 28 | 1575 | 105.49 | 140 | 7 | 2015-2023 |
| 28 | Grant Elliott (NZ) | 8 | 310 | 105.44 | 84* | 0 | 2015-2015 |
| 29 | Alex Carey (AUS) | 10 | 375 | 103.59 | 85 | 0 | 2019-2023 |
| 30 | Sadeera Samarawickrama (SL) | 9 | 373 | 102.19 | 108 | 1 | 2023-2023 |
| 31 | Devon Conway (NZ) | 10 | 372 | 101.63 | 152* | 1 | 2023-2023 |
| 32 | Shimron Hetmyer (WI) | 8 | 257 | 101.58 | 54 | 0 | 2019-2019 |
| 33 | David Warner (AUS) | 29 | 1527 | 101.46 | 178 | 6 | 2015-2023 |
| 34 | Sean Williams (ZIM) | 11 | 492 | 101.23 | 96 | 0 | 2007-2015 |
| 35 | Wasim Akram (PAK) | 30 | 426 | 101.18 | 43 | 0 | 1987-2003 |
| 36 | Dawid Malan (ENG) | 9 | 404 | 101 | 140 | 1 | 2023-2023 |
| 37 | Nicholas Pooran (WI) | 8 | 367 | 100.27 | 118 | 1 | 2019-2019 |
| 38 | Fakhar Zaman (PAK) | 12 | 406 | 100 | 126* | 1 | 2019-2023 |
| 39 | JP Duminy (SA) | 16 | 458 | 99.34 | 115* | 1 | 2011-2019 |
| 40 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) | 9 | 280 | 98.93 | 80 | 0 | 2023-2023 |
| 41 | Aiden Markram (SA) | 16 | 546 | 98.91 | 106 | 1 | 2019-2023 |
| 42 | Aaron Finch (AUS) | 18 | 787 | 98.25 | 153 | 3 | 2015-2019 |
| 43 | Adam Gilchrist (AUS) | 31 | 1085 | 98.01 | 149 | 1 | 1999-2007 |
| 44 | Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) | 8 | 353 | 97.78 | 97* | 0 | 2023-2023 |
| 45 | Quinton de Kock (SA) | 27 | 1044 | 96.57 | 174 | 4 | 2015-2023 |
| 46 | Moeen Ali (ENG) | 16 | 362 | 96.27 | 128 | 1 | 2015-2023 |
| 47 | Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 8 | 395 | 95.41 | 131* | 1 | 2023-2023 |
| 48 | Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 10 | 537 | 94.21 | 137 | 3 | 2015-2019 |
| 49 | Soumya Sarkar (BAN) | 14 | 341 | 94.19 | 51 | 0 | 2015-2019 |
| 50 | Michael Clarke (AUS) | 21 | 888 | 94.16 | 93* | 0 | 2007-2015 |
Highest Strike Rate (Minimum 500 balls faced)
| Rank | Player | Innings | Strike Rate | Runs | Highest Score | Balls Faced | Hundreds | Span |
| 1 | Glenn Maxwell (AUS) | 25 | 160.32 | 901 | 201* | 562 | 3 | 2015-2023 |
| 2 | Brendan McCullum (NZ) | 27 | 120.84 | 742 | 101 | 614 | 1 | 2003-2015 |
| 3 | Jos Buttler (ENG) | 23 | 118.2 | 591 | 103 | 500 | 1 | 2015-2023 |
| 4 | AB de Villiers (SA) | 22 | 117.29 | 1207 | 162* | 1029 | 4 | 2007-2015 |
| 5 | Kapil Dev (IND) | 24 | 115.14 | 669 | 175* | 581 | 1 | 1979-1992 |
| 6 | David Miller (SA) | 21 | 113.33 | 816 | 138* | 720 | 2 | 2015-2023 |
| 7 | Shane Watson (AUS) | 19 | 108.06 | 643 | 94 | 595 | - | 2007-2015 |
| 8 | Rachin Ravindra (NZ) | 10 | 106.44 | 578 | 123* | 543 | 3 | 2023-2023 |
| 9 | Virender Sehwag (IND) | 22 | 106.17 | 843 | 175 | 794 | 2 | 2003-2011 |
| 10 | Rohit Sharma (IND) | 28 | 105.49 | 1575 | 140 | 1493 | 7 | 2015-2023 |
| 11 | David Warner (AUS) | 29 | 101.46 | 1527 | 178 | 1505 | 6 | 2015-2023 |
| 12 | Aiden Markram (SA) | 16 | 98.91 | 546 | 106 | 552 | 1 | 2019-2023 |
| 13 | Aaron Finch (AUS) | 18 | 98.25 | 787 | 153 | 801 | 3 | 2015-2019 |
| 14 | Adam Gilchrist (AUS) | 31 | 98.01 | 1085 | 149 | 1107 | 1 | 1999-2007 |
| 15 | Quinton de Kock (SA) | 27 | 96.57 | 1044 | 174 | 1081 | 4 | 2015-2023 |
| 16 | Shikhar Dhawan (IND) | 10 | 94.21 | 537 | 137 | 570 | 3 | 2015-2019 |
| 17 | Michael Clarke (AUS) | 21 | 94.16 | 888 | 93* | 943 | - | 2007-2015 |
| 18 | Andrew Symonds (AUS) | 13 | 93.29 | 515 | 143* | 552 | 1 | 2003-2007 |
| 19 | Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) | 25 | 92.97 | 1112 | 161* | 1196 | 4 | 2007-2015 |
| 20 | Matthew Hayden (AUS) | 21 | 92.93 | 987 | 158 | 1062 | 3 | 2003-2007 |
| 21 | Ben Stokes (ENG) | 16 | 91.54 | 769 | 108 | 840 | 1 | 2019-2023 |
| 22 | Jonny Bairstow (ENG) | 20 | 91.54 | 747 | 111 | 816 | 2 | 2019-2023 |
| 23 | Brad Haddin (AUS) | 11 | 91.41 | 458 | 88 | 501 | - | 2011-2015 |
| 24 | Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) | 37 | 90.66 | 1165 | 120 | 1285 | 3 | 1992-2007 |
| 25 | Chris Gayle (WI) | 34 | 90.53 | 1186 | 215 | 1310 | 2 | 2003-2019 |
| 26 | Kevin O'Brien (IRE) | 20 | 90.39 | 499 | 113 | 552 | 1 | 2007-2015 |
| 27 | Yuvraj Singh (IND) | 21 | 90.33 | 738 | 113 | 817 | 1 | 2003-2011 |
| 28 | MS Dhoni (IND) | 25 | 89.96 | 780 | 91* | 867 | - | 2007-2019 |
| 29 | Litton Das (BAN) | 14 | 89.82 | 468 | 94* | 521 | - | 2019-2023 |
| 30 | Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | 44 | 88.98 | 2278 | 152 | 2560 | 6 | 1992-2011 |
| 31 | BrendanTaylor (ZIM) | 15 | 88.68 | 690 | 138 | 778 | 2 | 2007-2015 |
| 32 | Scott Styris (NZ) | 22 | 88.59 | 909 | 141 | 1026 | 2 | 2003-2011 |
| 33 | Martin Guptill (NZ) | 27 | 88.36 | 995 | 237* | 1126 | 2 | 2011-2019 |
| 34 | Virat Kohli (IND) | 37 | 88.2 | 1795 | 117 | 2035 | 5 | 2011-2023 |
| 35 | Joe Root (ENG) | 25 | 88.15 | 1034 | 121 | 1173 | 3 | 2015-2023 |
| 36 | Herschelle Gibbs (SA) | 23 | 87.38 | 1067 | 143 | 1221 | 2 | 1999-2007 |
| 37 | Steve Smith (AUS) | 30 | 87.11 | 1136 | 105 | 1304 | 1 | 2011-2023 |
| 38 | Mike Gatting (ENG) | 13 | 87.05 | 437 | 60 | 502 | - | 1983-1987 |
| 39 | Rassie van der Dussen (SA) | 16 | 86.84 | 759 | 133 | 874 | 2 | 2019-2023 |
| 40 | Aravinda de Silva (SL) | 32 | 86.57 | 1064 | 145 | 1229 | 2 | 1987-2003 |
| 41 | Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | 35 | 86.55 | 1532 | 124 | 1770 | 5 | 2003-2015 |
| 42 | Faf du Plessis (SA) | 21 | 86.54 | 926 | 109 | 1070 | 2 | 2011-2019 |
| 43 | Graeme Smith (SA) | 20 | 86.35 | 747 | 91 | 865 | - | 2003-2011 |
| 44 | Brian Lara (WI) | 33 | 86.26 | 1225 | 116 | 1420 | 2 | 1992-2007 |
| 45 | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 34 | 85.93 | 1100 | 115* | 1280 | 4 | 1999-2015 |
| 46 | Babar Azam (PAK) | 17 | 85.74 | 794 | 101* | 926 | 1 | 2019-2023 |
| 47 | Lahiru Thirimanne (SL) | 12 | 85.74 | 445 | 139* | 519 | 1 | 2015-2019 |
| 48 | Viv Richards (WI) | 21 | 85.05 | 1013 | 181 | 1191 | 3 | 1975-1987 |
| 49 | Eoin Morgan (ENG/IRE) | 27 | 84.84 | 672 | 148 | 792 | 1 | 2007-2019 |
| 50 | Mahmudullah (BAN) | 22 | 84.81 | 944 | 128* | 1113 | 3 | 2011-2023 |
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