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IPL 2021 most balls faced

Updated 15 Oct 2021, after Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Shikhar Dhawan leads IPL 2021 with 471 balls faced (Delhi Capitals) · Ruturaj Gaikwad (466) and Faf du Plessis (458) next

Balls faced Runs Average Sixes Strike rate Fifties Hundreds Wickets Economy Bowling avg Catches Stumpings

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#	Player · last 3 inningsPlayer	Team	Last 3 innings · newest first	Balls Faced	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	4s	6s	100s
1	Shikhar Dhawan DC 36743	DC	36743	471	16	16	16	16	587	39.13	124.63	63	16	0
2	Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK 327012	CSK	327012	466	16	16	16	16	635	45.36	136.27	64	23	1
3	Faf du Plessis CSK 86176	CSK	86176	458	16	16	16	16	633	45.21	138.21	60	23	0
4	Lokesh Rahul PBKS 98*3967	PBKS	98*3967	451	13	13	13	13	626	62.60	138.80	48	30	0
5	Shubman Gill KKR 514629	KKR	514629	402	17	17	17	17	478	28.12	118.91	50	12	0
6	Glenn Maxwell RCB 1551*40	RCB	1551*40	356	15	14	15	14	513	42.75	144.10	48	21	0
7	Sanju Samson RR 1328	RR	1328	354	14	14	14	14	484	40.33	136.72	45	17	1
8	Virat Kohli RCB 3945	RCB	3945	339	15	15	15	15	405	28.93	119.47	43	9	0
9	Devdutt Padikkal RCB 21041	RCB	21041	328	14	14	14	14	411	31.62	125.30	44	14	1
10	Rishabh Pant DC 651*10	DC	651*10	326	16	16	16	16	419	34.92	128.53	42	10	0
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11	Nitish Rana	KKR		314	17	16	17	16	383	29.46	121.97	34	17	0
12	Mayank Agarwal	PBKS		314	12	12	12	12	441	40.09	140.45	42	18	0
13	Prithvi Shaw	DC		301	15	15	15	15	479	31.93	159.14	56	18	0
14	Rohit Sharma	MI		299	13	13	13	13	381	29.31	127.42	33	14	0
15	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR		288	10	10	10	10	370	41.11	128.47	37	14	0
16	Rahul Tripathi	KKR		283	16	16	16	16	397	28.36	140.28	41	11	0
17	Moeen Ali	CSK		260	15	15	15	15	357	25.50	137.31	31	19	0
18	Quinton de Kock	MI		256	11	11	11	11	296	29.60	115.63	29	7	0
19	Manish Pandey	SRH		236	8	8	8	8	292	48.67	123.73	21	10	0
20	Kane Williamson	SRH		235	10	10	10	10	266	44.33	113.19	29	2	0
21	Suryakumar Yadav	MI		221	14	14	14	14	317	22.64	143.44	40	10	0
22	AB de Villiers	RCB		211	15	14	15	14	313	31.30	148.34	23	16	0
23	Shivam Dube	RR		193	9	9	9	9	230	28.75	119.17	18	10	0
24	David Warner	SRH		181	8	8	8	8	195	24.38	107.73	15	6	0
25	Ishan Kishan	MI		180	10	10	10	10	241	26.78	133.89	21	10	0
26	Jonny Bairstow	SRH		175	7	7	7	7	248	41.33	141.71	20	15	0
27	Shreyas Iyer	DC		171	8	8	8	8	175	35.00	102.34	7	5	0
28	Dinesh Karthik	KKR		170	17	15	17	15	223	22.30	131.18	22	7	0
29	Ambati Rayudu	CSK		170	14	13	14	13	257	28.56	151.18	16	17	0
30	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR		168	10	10	10	10	249	24.90	148.21	32	10	0
31	Jos Buttler	RR		166	7	7	7	7	254	36.29	153.01	27	13	1
32	Kieron Pollard	MI		165	14	13	14	13	245	30.63	148.48	16	16	0
33	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK		156	16	12	16	12	227	75.67	145.51	19	9	0
34	Srikar Bharat	RCB		156	7	7	7	7	191	38.20	122.44	10	8	0
35	Chris Gayle	PBKS		154	10	10	10	10	193	21.44	125.32	21	8	0
36	Rahul Tewatia	RR		147	14	11	14	11	155	15.50	105.44	11	6	0
37	Shimron Hetmyer	DC		144	14	13	14	13	242	34.57	168.06	19	12	0
38	Wriddhiman Saha	SRH		140	9	9	9	9	131	14.56	93.57	7	5	0
39	Eoin Morgan	KKR		139	16	16	16	16	133	11.08	95.68	8	6	0
40	Steven Smith	DC		135	10	7	10	7	152	25.33	112.59	13	2	0
41	Suresh Raina	CSK		128	11	11	11	11	160	17.78	125.00	13	9	0
42	Krunal Pandya	MI		123	13	12	13	12	143	14.30	116.26	10	6	0
43	Deepak Hooda	PBKS		123	12	11	12	11	160	16.00	130.08	9	9	0
44	Jason Roy	SRH		121	5	5	5	5	150	30.00	123.97	21	1	0
45	Andre Russell	KKR		120	10	9	10	9	183	26.14	152.50	14	14	0
46	Aiden Markram	PBKS		119	6	6	6	6	146	29.20	122.69	12	4	0
47	Shahrukh Khan	PBKS		114	10	10	10	10	153	21.86	134.21	9	10	0
48	David Miller	RR		113	8	8	8	8	124	24.80	109.73	11	3	0
49	Hardik Pandya	MI		112	11	11	11	11	127	14.11	113.39	11	5	0
50	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	CSK		107	13	11	13	11	114	16.29	106.54	12	3	0
51	Saurabh Tiwary	MI		97	4	4	4	4	115	57.50	118.56	10	2	0
52	Evin Lewis	RR		93	5	5	5	5	151	30.20	162.37	18	7	0
53	Abdul Samad	SRH		87	11	10	11	10	111	12.33	127.59	4	8	0
54	Robin Uthappa	CSK		84	4	4	4	4	115	28.75	136.90	8	5	0
55	Riyan Parag	RR		83	11	10	11	10	93	11.63	112.05	6	4	0
56	Nicholas Pooran	PBKS		76	12	11	12	11	85	7.73	111.84	3	5	0
57	Abhishek Sharma	SRH		75	8	7	8	7	97	16.17	129.33	7	4	0
58	Priyam Garg	SRH		74	5	5	5	5	72	14.40	97.30	2	3	0
59	Lalit Yadav	DC		73	7	5	7	5	68	34.00	93.15	7	0	0
60	Mahipal Lomror	RR		73	5	4	5	4	94	31.33	128.77	3	6	0
61	Marcus Stoinis	DC		72	10	7	10	7	89	22.25	123.61	11	1	0
62	Jason Holder	SRH		72	8	7	8	7	85	14.17	118.06	2	6	0
63	Rashid Khan	SRH		69	14	10	14	10	83	10.38	120.29	9	2	0
64	Rajat Patidar	RCB		62	4	4	4	4	71	17.75	114.52	3	3	0
65	Harpreet Brar	PBKS		58	7	5	7	5	64	–	110.34	3	2	0
66	Pat Cummins	KKR		56	7	5	7	5	93	31.00	166.07	5	8	0
67	Kyle Jamieson	RCB		55	9	7	9	7	65	16.25	118.18	5	3	0
68	Shahbaz Ahmed	RCB		53	9	7	9	7	59	8.43	111.32	4	2	0
69	Kedar Jadhav	SRH		52	6	5	6	5	55	13.75	105.77	2	2	0
70	Vijay Shankar	SRH		52	6	5	6	5	58	11.60	111.54	1	3	0
71	Chris Morris	RR		49	11	7	11	7	67	13.40	136.73	2	5	0
72	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR		48	8	6	8	6	47	9.40	97.92	3	1	0
73	Sunil Narine	KKR		47	14	10	14	10	62	7.75	131.91	3	5	0
74	Washington Sundar	RCB		47	6	4	6	4	31	7.75	65.96	2	0	0
75	Harshal Patel	RCB		46	15	8	15	8	59	14.75	128.26	6	2	0
76	Axar Patel	DC		46	12	6	12	6	40	8.00	86.96	2	1	0
77	Ravichandran Ashwin	DC		42	13	5	13	5	44	14.67	104.76	2	1	0
78	Liam Livingstone	RR		41	5	5	5	5	42	8.40	102.44	3	1	0
79	Manan Vohra	RR		39	4	4	4	4	42	10.50	107.69	5	2	0
80	Chris Lynn	MI		35	1	1	1	1	49	49.00	140.00	4	3	0
81	Glenn Phillips	RR		33	3	3	3	3	26	13.00	78.79	1	2	0
82	Moises Henriques	PBKS		32	5	4	5	4	31	15.50	96.88	0	1	0
83	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH		30	11	7	11	7	34	34.00	113.33	3	0	0
84	Sam Curran	CSK		29	9	4	9	4	56	18.67	193.10	5	3	0
85	Jaydev Unadkat	RR		29	6	3	6	3	41	20.50	141.38	3	2	0
86	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB		27	15	2	15	2	10	–	37.04	0	0	0
87	Ripal Patel	DC		27	3	2	3	2	25	25.00	92.59	3	0	0
88	Mohammed Siraj	RCB		26	15	4	15	4	20	20.00	76.92	1	1	0
89	Jayant Yadav	MI		26	5	3	5	3	34	17.00	130.77	2	1	0
90	Virat Singh	SRH		26	2	2	2	2	15	7.50	57.69	1	0	0
91	Dawid Malan	PBKS		26	1	1	1	1	26	26.00	100.00	1	1	0
92	Chetan Sakariya	RR		25	14	6	14	6	16	3.20	64.00	2	0	0
93	Daniel Christian	RCB		24	10	7	10	7	14	2.33	58.33	1	0	0
94	Jhye Richardson	PBKS		24	3	2	3	2	15	7.50	62.50	2	0	0
95	Murugan Ashwin	PBKS		24	3	2	3	2	15	7.50	62.50	1	0	0
96	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS		23	2	2	2	2	19	9.50	82.61	1	1	0
97	Chris Jordan	PBKS		21	4	2	4	2	32	16.00	152.38	1	3	0
98	Shivam Mavi	KKR		20	9	2	9	2	25	12.50	125.00	2	2	0
99	Mohammad Nabi	SRH		20	3	3	3	3	34	11.33	170.00	3	2	0
100	Dwayne Bravo	CSK		18	11	3	11	3	47	47.00	261.11	3	4	0

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IPL 2021 Most Balls Faced

Shikhar Dhawan topped IPL 2021 with 471 balls faced for Delhi Capitals, ahead of Ruturaj Gaikwad (466) and Faf du Plessis (458). The IPL 2021 balls faced leaderboard ranks all 149 players who have contributed balls faced this season. These are the final standings from the IPL 2021 season.

Frequently asked questions

Who had the most balls faced in IPL 2021?

Shikhar Dhawan led IPL 2021 with 471 balls faced from 16 matches, averaging 39.13 at a strike rate of 124.63. Ruturaj Gaikwad was second on 466 and Faf du Plessis third on 458. The table ranks every player in IPL 2021 by balls faced, with their team and matches.

Who were the top batters in IPL 2021?

The top three batters in IPL 2021 were Shikhar Dhawan (471 in 16 matches), Ruturaj Gaikwad (466 in 16 matches) and Faf du Plessis (458 in 16 matches). Shikhar Dhawan was 5 balls faced clear of Ruturaj Gaikwad. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

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