10 Most Dangerous Batsman In IPL Ever

Most Dangerous Batsman In IPL: We have been many unbelievable and unforgettable innings by the batsman in the India Premier League, and many records have been made and broken there.

IPL is famous for these kinds of cricketing thrillers, that’s why this is the most loved and followed cricket league in the world. 10 teams participate in the league and compete with each other to finish in the top 4 positions to be able to qualifier for the next round.

We have witnessed many dangerous batsmen throughout the entire Indian Premier League who have single-handedly brought victories for their teams

In this post, we will bring the most dangerous batsman list for you from the entire Indian Premier League Season.

Most Dangerous Batsman in IPL

Here are the names of batsmen who were the most dangerous when they batted:

#	Batsman	Team	Average	IPL S/R
1	AB De Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	41.08	152.70
2	Chris Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	32.54	142.84
3	David Warner	Sunrisers Hyderabad	43.17	142.39
4	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	37.98	130.41
5	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Chennai Super Kings	42.20	137.85
6	Andre Russell	Kolkata Knight Riders	33.33	186.41
7	Suresh Raina	Chennai Super Kings	29.16	134.79
8	Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	30.54	149.57
9	Hardik Pandya	Gujarat Titans	28.86	154.78
10	Glenn Maxwell	Royal Challengers Bangalore	25.48	153.88

#1 AB De Villiers

AB De Villiers is South Africa’s superstar batsman who plays at the number 3 position for his team, he plays for the Royals Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

According to the audience survey, we found AB de Villiers as the most dangerous batsman in IPL who has an IPL career strike rate of 152.70 and an average of 41.08 runs per match.

He is known as Mr. 360 because of his batting style, he can hit boundaries anywhere on the ground in his own style that no one can replicate. He has played many unforgetting knocks in the IPL for his team Royal Challengers Bangalore.

He has played a total of 184 IPL matches wherein he scored 5162 runs in his career with 3 centuries and 40 half-centuries. His highest individual score is 133* which came against Mumbai Indians in just 59 balls.

Here are some top 5 innings of AB De Villiers:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
47* runs in 17 balls	Deccan Chargers	50th Match IPL 2012	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
133* runs in 59 balls	Mumbai Indians	46th Match IPL 2015	Wankhede Stadium
129* runs in 52 balls	Gujarat Lions	44th Match IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
79* runs in 47 balls	Gujarat Lions	Qualifier 1 Match IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
89* runs in 41 balls	Sunrisers Hyderabad	24th Match IPL 2014	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

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#2 Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is a formal West Indies opening batsman who played for multiple teams in the Indian Premier League. He made his IPL debut in Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2009.

Then he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore and played 6 years for the RCB IPL franchise then in 2018, KXIP bought Chris Gayle for his base price of 2 cr.

Gayle has contributed many unbelievable and unforgettable innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he holds the record of the highest individual score by a batsman in IPL. He played a dangerous knock of 175* runs in just 66 balls against Pune Warriors in IPL 2022. And a lot of such innings in the Indian Premier League that’s the reason we have included him in this list of the most dangerous batsman in IPL.

Chris Gayle also leads the most sixes in the IPL table, he has driven the most balls out of the boundary for a six in the entire IPL. In 141 IPL innings, Gayle hit 357 sixes and 405 fours.

That’s something that makes him the most dangerous batsman in IPL. Here are the top five unforgettable innings of Chris Gayle in the Indian Premier League:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
175* runs in 66 balls	Pune Warriors	31st Match IPL 2013	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
128* runs in 62 balls	Delhi Daredevils	67th Match IPL 2012	Feroz Shah Kotla
117 runs in 57 balls	Kings XI Punjab	40th Match IPL 2015	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
104* runs in 63 balls	Sunrisers Hyderabad	16th Match IPL 2018	Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium
102* runs in 55 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	24th Match IPL 2011	Eden Gardens

#3 David Warner

David Warner is a well-known Australian left-handed opening batsman who made his IPL career debut in Delhi Franichse in IPL 2009. He also played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad from IPL 2015 to 2021 seasons. He was the Captain of this IPL franchise till 2022 when Kane Williamson replaced him.

In the recent season, he played for the Delhi Capitals and scored a total of 427 runs in 11 matches at an average of 53.38 and a strike rate of 151.96.

Let’s see the top innings of David Warner in the India Premier League:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
126 runs in 59 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	37th Match IPL 2017	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
109* in 54 balls	Deccan Chargers	55th Match IPL 2012	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
107* runs in 69 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	26th Match IPL 2010	Feroz Shah Kotla
100* runs in 55 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	11th Match IPL 2019	Hyderabad (Deccan)
93* runs in 58 balls	Gujarat Lions	Qualifier 2 IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

#4 Virat Kohli

The run-machine Kohli, Indian former captain and chase master. He is a well-known Indian Cricketer, who lead the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2013 to 2021. He left the captaincy and handed over to Faf Du Plessis before the IPL season 2022.

As a captain, he never won any IPL trophy so far. But he has played many unforgettable innings that led his team to victory. Also, he leads the table of most run scorers in the Indian Premier League with 6411 runs in 216 matches.

Virat Kohli scored 973 runs in IPL 2016, he played 16 matches and score 973 runs which includes 4 centuries in that season which is a record in IPL.

Here are the top innings played by Virat Kohli:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
113 runs in 50 balls	Kings XI Punjab	50th Match IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
109 runs in 55 balls	Gujarat Lions	44th Match IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
108* runs in 58 balls	Rising Pune Super Giants	35th Match IPL 2016	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
100 runs in 58 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	35th Match IPL 2019	Eden Gardens
100*runs in 63 balls	Gujarat Lions	19th Match IPL 2016	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium

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#5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Former legendary captain of the Indian Cricket Team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Under his captaincy, CSK won the IPL title four times; IPL seasons 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021.

MS Dhoni scored 4978 runs with an IPL career strike rate of 135.20 and a batting average of 39.20 runs per match. We have seen many matches when MS Dhoni single-handedly took his team to victory.

Here are some of the dangerous innings of MS Dhoni:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
84* runs in 48 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	39th Match IPL 2019	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
79* runs in 44 balls	Kings XI Punjab	12th Match IPL 2018	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
75* runs in 46 balls	Rajasthan Royals	12th IPL 2019	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
70* runs in 40 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	69th Match IPL 2011	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
70* runs in 34 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	24th Match IPL 2018	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

#6 Andre Russell

Andre Russell is a West Indian all-rounder who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He got the power to score maximums in every ball when he has a good day.

Andre Russell is a game-changer player for KRR, who can single-handedly win matches for his team. He made his IPL debut in 2012, and so far he has scored 2035 runs in 98 matches with a strike rate of 177.88 and took 89 wickets.

Here are some top innings of Andre Russell:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
88* runs in 36 balls	Chennai Super Kings	5th Match IPL 2018	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
80* runs in 40 balls	Mumbai Indians	47th Match IPL 2019	Eden Gardens
70* runs in 31 balls	Punjab Kings	8th Match IPL 2022	Wankhede Stadium
65 runs in 25 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	35th Match IPL 2019	Eden Gardens
48* in 13 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	17th Match IPL 2019	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

#7 Suresh Raina

Indian former left-handed batsman who plays for Chennai Super Kings in the India Premier League, he is also known as the Mr IPL. Suresh Raina made his IPL debut in the 2008 season in the CSK franchise.

He scored 5528 runs in 205 matches with a strike rate of 136.76 and a batting average of 32.52 runs per match. He scored 1 century and 39 half-centuries in his entire IPL career. Suresh Raina’s highest score is 100* in 53 balls that came against Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2013.

Here is some most dangerous inning of Suresh Raina in the IPL:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
100* runs in 53 balls	Kings XI Punjab	45th Match IPL 2013	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
98 runs in 55 balls	Rajasthan Royals	22nd Match IPL 2009	Centurion Park
87 runs in 25 balls	Kings XI Punjab	Qualifier 2 IPL 2014	Wankhede Stadium
73* runs in 50 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1st Qualifier IPL 2011	Wankhede Stadium
57* runs in 35 balls	Mumbai Indians	Final Match IPL 2011	DY Patil Stadium

#8 Kieron Pollard

West Indies former all-rounder and he had also captained the West Indies Cricket team also, Kieron Pollard plays for the Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League. He comes to bat in the middle order for his IPL franchise and his presence in the middle order gives his team depth in batting.

He has scored 3412 runs in 171 innings with a career strike rate of 147.32, his best score is 87* runs in just 34 balls which came against Chennai Super Kings at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on May 01, 2021.

He has played many memorable knocks for MI and won matches for the team single-handedly. Here are the top most dangerous innings of Kieron Pollard in IPL:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
87* runs in 34 balls	Chennai Super Kings	27th Match IPL 2021	Feroz Shah Kotla
83 runs in 31 balls	Punjab Kings	24th Match IPL 2019	Wankhede Stadium
60 runs in 32 balls	Chennai Super Kings	Final Match IPL 2013	Eden Gardens
64 runs in 33 balls	Rajasthan Royals	12th Match IPL 2012	Wankhede Stadium
66* runs 27 balls	Sunrisers Hyderabad	62nd Match IPL 2013	Wankhede Stadium

Also read: MI Schedule IPL 2023, Players List, Time Table

#9 Hardik Pandya

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya made his IPL debut in 2015 with Mumbai Indians, he played for Mumbai Indians for 7 years (2015 to 2021). Now he’s the captain of the Gujarat Titans.

Hardik Pandya is known for his aggressive batting style and excellent fielding, he scored 1963 runs in 100 innings with a career strike rate of 147.59 and took 50 wickets in 70 innings with an economy of 8.75 runs per over.

He had won many matches for Mumbai Indians single handle and in 2022, he won the trophy for Gujarat Titans in the team’s debut season.

Here are the top most dangerous innings by Hardik Pandya in IPL:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
91 runs in 34 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	47th Match IPL 2019	Eden Gardens
61* runs in 31 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	51st Match IPL 2015	Wankhede Stadium
50 runs in 42 balls	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14th Match IPL 2018	Wankhede Stadium
21* runs in 8 balls	Chennai Super Kings	12th 0Match IPL 2015	Wankhede Stadium
66* runs 27 balls	Sunrisers Hyderabad	62nd Match IPL 2013	Wankhede Stadium

#10 Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell made his IPL debut in 2012 with Delhi Daredevils, he played his first match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Gardens on 5 April 2012. That was a long-scoring game so he did not get enough time to bat, he scored 3 runs in 7 balls.

Glenn Maxwell played for many IPL franchises in Indian Premier League such as Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, and Mumbai Indians and currently, he is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

He made 2319 runs in 106 innings with an IPL career strike rate of 153.88. His highest individual score is 95 runs against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2014.

Here are the top most dangerous innings of Glenn Maxwell in the Indian Premier League:

Inning	Against	Match	Venue
95 runs in 43 balls	Chennai Super Kings	3rd Match IPL 2014	Abu Dhabi
95 runs in 43 balls	Sunrisers Hyderabad	9th Match IPL 2014	Sharjah
90 runs in 38 balls	Chennai Super Kings	29th Match IPL 2014	Cuttack
68 runs 42 balls	Kolkata Knight Riders	32nd Match IPL 2016	Eden Gardens

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