Who has the best IPL death-overs strike rate since 2022?

Computed 26 October 2026Checked by the maintainer

Shreyas Iyer has the best IPL death-overs (overs 15-19) strike rate since 2022, scoring 464 runs off 219 balls at 211.87. Among batters with at least 200 balls faced in that phase, he's comfortably clear of Marcus Stoinis (202.30) and Tristan Stubbs (198.55), with Tilak Varma (198.18) and Jos Buttler (197.25) rounding out the top five. For context on volume, Tim David has faced the most death-overs deliveries in this group (842 runs off 429 balls at 196.27).

Supporting result — rows returned by the final query

name	runs	balls	strike rate
SS Iyer	464	219	211.87
MP Stoinis	528	261	202.30
T Stubbs	546	275	198.55
Tilak Varma	543	274	198.18
JC Buttler	503	255	197.25
H Klaasen	693	352	196.88
TH David	842	429	196.27
Shashank Singh	512	262	195.42
KD Karthik	607	311	195.18
RK Singh	772	401	192.52
Ashutosh Sharma	417	217	192.17
AD Russell	498	266	187.22
N Pooran	695	378	183.86
JM Sharma	479	263	182.13
MS Dhoni	615	350	175.71

How this was computed (2 queries)

WITH d AS (
  SELECT dd.batter_id,
         SUM(dd.runs_batter) AS runs,
         COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE dd.wides IS NULL) AS balls,
         SUM(CASE WHEN dd.wicket_kind IS NOT NULL AND dd.player_out_id = dd.batter_id THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS outs
  FROM deliveries dd
  JOIN matches m ON m.id = dd.match_id
  WHERE m.format = 'IPL' AND m.season::int >= 2022
    AND dd.over_no BETWEEN 15 AND 19
  GROUP BY dd.batter_id
)
SELECT p.name,
       d.runs,
       d.balls,
       ROUND(d.runs::numeric * 100 / NULLIF(d.balls,0), 2) AS strike_rate
FROM d
JOIN players p ON p.id = d.batter_id
WHERE d.balls >= 200
ORDER BY strike_rate DESC
LIMIT 15;

WITH d AS (
  SELECT dd.batter_id,
         SUM(dd.runs_batter) AS runs,
         COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE dd.wides IS NULL) AS balls,
         SUM(CASE WHEN dd.wicket_kind IS NOT NULL AND dd.player_out_id = dd.batter_id THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS outs
  FROM deliveries dd
  JOIN matches m ON m.id = dd.match_id
  WHERE m.format = 'IPL' AND LEFT(m.season,4)::int >= 2022
    AND dd.over_no BETWEEN 15 AND 19
  GROUP BY dd.batter_id
)
SELECT p.name,
       d.runs,
       d.balls,
       ROUND(d.runs::numeric * 100 / NULLIF(d.balls,0), 2) AS strike_rate
FROM d
JOIN players p ON p.id = d.batter_id
WHERE d.balls >= 200
ORDER BY strike_rate DESC
LIMIT 15;

Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · T20 internationals between full-member nations (2005–) and 11 major T20 leagues · data through 24 October 2026Show ▾

Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.

Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures.

Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.

Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. Match appearances (M) come from the playing XI in each match file, so a match where a player neither batted nor bowled still counts as an appearance. Where M is missing, that player's appearances have not been loaded yet.

This answer was computed on 26 October 2026 against the dataset as it stood then; matches added since are not reflected. Ask the question again for a fresh answer.

The question was interpreted by a language model, which wrote the queries. The supporting rows are the source of truth; the prose summarises them.

Inns (batting) — innings in which the player came to the crease, including as non-striker without facing a ball. In T20 a player bats at most once per match, so Inns is also the number of matches they batted in; M can be higher.
Inns (bowling) — innings in which the player bowled at least one delivery. Matches where they did not bowl are not counted.
Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.
Batting strike rate — runs per 100 balls faced (wides excluded). Bowling strike rate — balls per wicket.
Economy — runs conceded per six legal balls bowled.
Dot ball — a legal delivery (no wide or no-ball) from which no runs were scored, including byes and leg-byes.

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