Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2021 in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AR Patel	41*	26	3	4	157.69	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
Mohammad Rizwan	61	71	11	-	85.91	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
MA Wood	29	38	5	1	76.31	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
R Ashwin	38	56	5	-	67.85	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
DW Lawrence	81*	124	13	-	65.32	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
Shubman Gill	47	75	4	1	62.66	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
Shubman Gill	44	71	7	1	61.97	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
SS Iyer	105	171	13	2	61.40	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
Najmul Hossain Shanto	64	109	7	1	58.71	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
Zafar Gohar	37	64	7	-	57.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
MA Agarwal	62	108	9	1	57.40	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
JE Root	40	71	5	-	56.33	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
Shubman Gill	52	93	5	1	55.91	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
AM Rahane	35	63	6	-	55.55	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
Zafar Gohar	34	62	6	-	54.83	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
Faheem Ashraf	48	88	8	-	54.54	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
Azhar Ali	93	172	12	-	54.06	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	47	88	8	-	53.40	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
SS Iyer	65	125	8	1	52.00	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
R Ashwin	32	62	5	-	51.61	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
MA Wood	41	80	7	-	51.25	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
RG Sharma	34	68	6	-	50.00	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
Litton Das	86	177	10	-	48.58	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
CA Pujara	47	97	6	1	48.45	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
WP Saha	61*	126	4	1	48.41	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
MA Agarwal	150	311	17	4	48.23	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
Abid Ali	25	53	3	-	47.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
RR Pant	41	88	4	-	46.59	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
RA Jadeja	50	112	6	-	44.64	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
RJ Burns	132	297	16	1	44.44	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
Shubman Gill	28	64	3	-	43.75	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
WP Saha	27	62	3	1	43.54	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
RJ Burns	81	187	10	-	43.31	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
Faheem Ashraf	28	65	3	-	43.07	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
V Kohli	36	84	1	1	42.85	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
AM Rahane	49	117	5	-	41.88	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
AR Patel	28*	67	2	1	41.79	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
DP Sibley	35	84	5	-	41.66	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
OE Robinson	42	101	5	-	41.58	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
AR Patel	52	128	5	1	40.62	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
Azhar Ali	37	98	6	-	37.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
JE Root	42	113	5	-	37.16	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
RG Sharma	30	81	2	-	37.03	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
Mominul Haque	88	244	12	-	36.06	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
Mahmudul Hasan Joy	78	228	7	-	34.21	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
Abid Ali	26	77	3	-	33.76	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
V Kohli	44	132	1	-	33.33	India	v New Zealand	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
RJ Burns	25	81	4	-	30.86	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
Yasir Ali	26	85	1	-	30.58	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
CA Pujara	26	88	2	-	29.54	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
DP Sibley	60*	207	3	-	28.98	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2021 [Test # 2443]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 26-28, 2021 [Test # 2442]

Australia v England at Adelaide, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 2021 [Test # 2441]