The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is starting on March 21. The IPL 2025 auction has already taken place on November 24 and 25, 2024.
In IPL history, Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player, sold for ₹27.7 crore. Fans do not watch the IPL for just an exciting game but also to watch these best batters at work.
As IPL is a T20 tournament, players score runs very quickly. In this article, you will find out who ranks in the top 10 most dangerous batsmen in IPL history.
Some of the best batsmen are players like AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli. Now, let’s take a close look at the top 10 most dangerous batsmen, with their total matches, runs, strike rate, average, fifties, and centuries.
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The most dangerous batsman in the IPL history
| Player | Matches | Runs | Strike Rate | Average | 50s | 100s |
| Virat Kohli | 252 | 8004 | 131.97 | 38.66 | 55 | 8 |
| AB de Villiers | 184 | 5162 | 151.68 | 39.7 | 40 | 3 |
| Chris Gayle | 142 | 4965 | 148.96 | 39.72 | 31 | 6 |
| David Warner | 184 | 6565 | 139.77 | 40.52 | 62 | 4 |
| MS Dhoni | 264 | 5243 | 137.53 | 39.12 | 24 | 0 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 150 | 3594 | 145.32 | 32.08 | 24 | 2 |
| Andre Russell | 127 | 2484 | 174.92 | 29.22 | 11 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | 111 | 3284 | 148.93 | 35.31 | 18 | 1 |
| Rohit Sharma | 257 | 6628 | 131.14 | 29.72 | 43 | 2 |
| Jos Buttler | 107 | 3582 | 147.52 | 38.1 | 19 | 7 |
Let’s have further information on the Top 10 Most Dangerous Batsmen in the IPL.
1) AB de Villiers
Royal Challengers Bangalore/Delhi Daredevils
- Matches – 184
- Runs – 5162
- 50s/100s – 40/3
- Average – 39.7
- Strike Rate – 151.68
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a South African former international cricketer and a current commentator. During his 15 years of international career, AB de Villiers has been named three times as ICC ODI Player of the Year and was named one of five Wisden cricketers at the end of 2019. He has been considered the greatest cricketer in history and the finest batsman ever to have appeared, dominating Number 1 rankings for batsmen in tests & ODIs, more than any other batsman of his time.
2) Virat Kohli
Current Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Matches – 252
- Runs – 8004
- 50s/100s – 55/8
- Average – 38.66
- Strike Rate – 131.97
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988, is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Indian national team. A former captain in all formats of the game, Kohli retired from the T20I format after India’s triumph in the 2024 T20 World Cup. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional unorthodox right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Kohli is the record holder for the highest number of runs scored in the IPL. He stands third in T20I, third in ODI, and is the fourth-highest international run-scorer in cricket. One of the all-time greats as a batsman, Kohli is also the record holder for scoring the most ODI centuries and the second in the list of the most international centuries in international cricket.
3) Chris Gayle
Kolkata Knight Riders/Royal Challengers Bangalore/Punjab Kings
- Matches – 142
- Runs – 4965
- 50s/100s – 31/6
- Average – 39.72
- Strike Rate – 148.96
Christopher Henry Gayle OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies from 1999 to 2021. Nicknamed “The Universe Boss”, Gayle is widely regarded as the greatest Twenty20 batsman ever. He played a crucial role in the West Indies teams that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, 2012 ICC World Twenty20, and 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
4) David Warner
Current Team: Delhi Capitals
- Matches – 184
- Runs – 6565
- 50s/100s – 62/4
- Average – 40.52
- Strike Rate – 139.77
David Andrew Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian former international cricketer and Captain of the Big Bash League team, Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed opening batsman who became the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for the national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He plays domestic cricket for New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. Warner was a key member of the victorious Australian team of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2021 T20 World Cup, for which he won the Player of the Tournament, the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship, and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Current Team: Chennai Super Kings
- Matches – 264
- Runs – 5243
- 50s/100s – 24/0
- Average – 39.12
- Strike Rate – 137.53
Mahendra Singh Dhoni born 7 July 1981, is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. He is believed to be among the most match-winning wicket-keeper batsmen and captains. This Indian cricketing player was one of the captaining heads from 2007 to 2017 in various limited-overs formats and headed the test match from 2008 to 2014 as well. In international matches, Dhoni remains the most prominent Indian captain by leading the side in the largest number of tests.
6) Suryakumar Yadav
Current Team: Mumbai Indians
- Matches – 150
- Runs – 3594
- 50s/100s – 24/2
- Average – 32.08
- Strike Rate – 145.32
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav is an Indian international cricketer. Born on 14 September 1990, he is a right-handed middle-order batter. He plays for the India national cricket team and also leads the side in Twenty20 International (T20I). He was in the team that won the Asia Cup in 2023 and the T20 World Cup in 2024.
Yadav began playing club cricket in Mumbai, where he was selected for the Mumbai cricket team. He made his List A debut for Mumbai in February 2010, and his first-class and T20 debut occurred the same year.
7) Andre Russell
Current Team: Kolkata Knight Riders
- Matches – 127
- Runs – 2484
- 50s/100s – 11/0
- Average – 29.22
- Strike Rate – 174.92
Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988), nickname Dre Russ, is a Jamaican international cricketer, playing for the West Indies in international cricket and for Jamaica in the domestic tournament as an all-rounder. He currently plays in the different leagues of T20 across the world and occasionally represents the West Indies in T20is. Russell was part of the West Indies teams that won the 2012 and 2016 ICC World T20. Russell is one of the greatest cricketers in the T20 format, known for his big hitting and his ability to bowl at speeds well over 140 km/h.
8) Rishabh Pant
Current Team: Delhi Capitals
- Matches – 111
- Runs – 3284
- 50s/100s – 39/1
- Average – 35.31
- Strike Rate – 148.93
Rishabh Rajendra Pant born 4 October 1997, is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a wicket-keeper batter. He plays for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. Having played all formats for India, he is best known for his consistency to score runs in Test cricket. Pant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket.
He emerged as the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League after Lucknow Super Giants bought him for ₹27.00 crore in the Indian Premier League auction 2025. He was a part of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup. He had also been vice-captain of the India U-19 team that had become a runner-up in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
9) Rohit Sharma
Current Team: Mumbai Indians
- Matches – 257
- Runs – 6682
- 50s/100s – 43/2
- Average – 29.72
- Strike Rate – 131.14
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer who captains India national cricket in both Test and ODI. Often considered among the best of his generation batsmen and probably the greatest-ever opening batsmen in the sport, he plays as a right-handed batsman, representing international cricket for India, IPL team Mumbai Indians, and domestic Mumbai cricket. Rohit had earlier led India in all three formats of the game. He announced his retirement from T20Is after guiding the team to victory in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
10) Jos Buttler
Current Team: Rajasthan Royals
- Matches – 107
- Runs – 3582
- 50s/100s – 19/7
- Average – 38.1
- Strike Rate – 147.52
Joseph Charles Buttler MBE (born 8 September 1990) is an English cricketer who is the captain of the England cricket team in limited-overs cricket and previously played for the England Test team. In domestic cricket, he represents Lancashire, having previously played for Somerset, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals and now for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League.
FAQs
- Who is the most dangerous batsman in the IPL?
- AB de Villiers is often talked about as the most dangerous batsman in IPL history. He wrote his name as the ultimate dangerous man in the league. His transformation journey started from the house of Delhi Capitals.
- Who is the IPL No. 1 batsman?
- Indian batsman Virat Kohli holds the records for the most runs scored, 8,004, and the most centuries made, 8, in the league.
- Who makes the most sixes in the IPL?
- Chris Gayle has smacked the most number of sixes, 357 in IPL history. Chris Gayle played a total of 142 matches and scored 4965 runs with an average of 39.72. Chris Gayle followed by Rohit Sharma Check out the list of most six in IPL.
- Which is the most dangerous team in IPL 2021?
- Having won the IPL 2020 as their fifth championship title, Mumbai Indians came to IPL 2021 as the most dangerous team.
- Who is the longest six in IPL?
- Albie Morkel
- Albie Morkel South Africa Albie Morkel from South Africa boasts the record of having the longest six IPLs. In the year 2008, while Albie Morkel was still playing for the Chennai Super Kings, he bashed a mighty six of 125 meters for his team against Deccan Chargers.
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