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In this article check about the players with the highest Bowling strike rates in IPL history so far. Lungi Ngidi is the player with the highest IPL bowling strike rate of all time.

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Last updated: 14.09.2024
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Indian Premier League (IPL) has witnessed a number of great bowling performances that have changed the course of the match. In this article, you can read about the players with the highest bowling strike rates in IPL history (at least bowled 50 overs in IPL career).


5. Andre Russell

Andre Russell (Image Credit: X)
Andre Russell (Image Credit: X)


Caribbean all-rounder Andre Russell has set up great records in his IPL career. Among the bowlers who have delivered at least 100 overs in their IPL career, Russell has recorded the best bowling strike rate. While he has delivered 282.5 overs till the IPL 2024, the right-arm fast bowler has picked up 115 IPL wickets. His bowling strike rate in the IPL career is 14.75



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4. Chris Woakes


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Chris Woakes (Image Credit: X)


Chris Woakes has shown his value to the team many times through his amazing bowling performance. In his IPL career, he served for the Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. The right-arm pacer delivered 73.2 overs in 21 matches, where he took 30 wickets. With these bowling stats, Woakes has the fourth spot in this list with a bowling strike rate of 14.66.


3. Adam Zampa

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Adam Zampa (Image Credit: X)


Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa is a modern-day great leg-spinner in white-ball cricket. Although he played only 20 IPL matches, he still shined with the ball. In his 69.5 overs in IPL career, the leggie bagged 29 wickets, including one six-wicket haul. Zampa has an IPL bowling strike rate of 14.44. 


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2. Matheesha Pathirana


Matheesha Pathirana (Image Credit: X)
Matheesha Pathirana (Image Credit: X)


Sri Lankan right-arm fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana has shined in the IPL 2023 and IPL 2024. Surely, the youngster has a great future in the cricket world. In his 20 IPL matches, the fast bowler delivered 75.1 overs and picked up 34 wickets. In his early IPL career, Pathirana has recorded a bowling strike rate of 13.26.  


1. Lungi Ngidi


Lungi Ngidi (Image Credit: X)
Lungi Ngidi (Image Credit: X)


Lungi Ngidi is the player with the highest IPL bowling strike rate of all time. Playing for Chennai Super Kings in the current season,  Ngidi has appeared in a total of 14 matches and has bowled 54 overs. In the 54 overs bowled, Ngidi has only conceded 448 runs with a bowling strike rate of 12.96, which gives him the top spot in this list.


List of bowlers with bowling strike rates in IPL:

S.No.

Player

Bowling Strike Rate

1

Lundi Ngidi

12.96

2

Matheesha Pathirana

13.26

3

Adam Zampa

14.44

4

Chris Woakes

14.66

5

Andre Russell

14.75

 

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