Shocking stats in IPL, as it is not MS Dhoni but PBKS star batsman Marcus Stoinis who has the highest strike rate in the 20th over of an IPL game, for players who have scored 200+ runs in the last over in IPL.
Finishers have always had a huge reputation in the shortest format of the game, and even before the role was considered a priority by teams, the world had witnessed one in the form of former Indian captain MS Dhoni, who was known for his unique ball-striking ability in the death overs.
However, modern-day hitters have taken the game to the next level, as many new players have broken those massive records and set new standards in the game. A similar record is also recorded in the world’s most prestigious T20 tournament IPL and that is in the name of an Australian batsman Marcus Stoinis.
In IPL, not MS Dhoni but Marcus Stoinis has the best record in the 20th over.
In the list of players who have scored the highest strike rate in the 20th over of the game in the history of IPL, Australia’s great all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is known as one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in the death overs and he tops the list.
Despite scoring a lot of runs in the death overs, Marcus Stoinis has left behind players like former Indian captain MS Dhoni. Among the batsmen who have scored 200+ runs in the last over of the game, Marcus Stoinis now has a tremendous strike rate of 297.62 in the last over of the game.
Highest SR in 20th over of IPL match
(minimum 200 runs)297.62 –
282.42 – Rohit Sharma
255.68 – AB de Villiers
245.04 – Hardik Pandya
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In contrast, MS Dhoni is fifth in the list with a strike rate of 243.23; However, he will definitely be one of the players who has scored the most runs and faced the most balls during the final over of the innings, as he has been doing so time and again.
Rohit Sharma surprisingly ranks second in the list of players with the highest strike rate in the 20th over
What is shocking is that the second person on this list is an opening batsman in the IPL who has scored 7000+ runs in the history of the competition while batting in the top four. It is none other than the great Indian batsman Rohit Sharma who is known for finishing matches for his team.
Sharma, who is a real match-winner for them, despite being an opener coming to bat early in the innings, has scored runs in the death overs and has a strike rate of 282.42 in the final over of the game.
He ranks well above current MI captain Hardik Pandya, who is renowned as a finisher in the innings. In contrast, he was stuck at a strike rate of just 245.04 in the 20th over of the game.
RCB star has included himself in this list with a shocking record in death cases.
The last one on this list comes from Royal Challengers Bangalore. It is not Chris Gayle or Virat Kohli, but the great finisher AB de Villiers, who has done it many times in an RCB shirt.
Having hit the ball hard in the death overs and becoming the OG Mr. 360, ABD was largely known for his ability to score runs in the death overs. He is third in the list with a strike rate of 255.68 and has scored a lot of runs, especially while chasing the target in the last over of the game.
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