IPL is all about entertainment and one of the major contributors to that are the batters. We all know T20 is a batsmen’s game and them scoring runs lightens up the tournament. At the same time, these score also propel their respective sides to match-winning scores and enable them to win games. Like the other two longer formats of the game, T20 also requires also requires a batter or two to bat big & make impactful scores.
The average high score that a batter can make in a T20 inning is 50 and we will discuss player who have scored these numbers more consistently and in wins. So, here are the list of top 10 batters who have hit the most number of 50+ scores in successful IPL games.
Most 50+ Scores in Winning Causes in IPL
| Player | innings | 50+ Scores | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | 79 | 41 | 4 | 37 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 111 | 34 | 1 | 33 |
| Virat Kohli | 114 | 33 | 5 | 28 |
| AB de Villiers | 74 | 28 | 3 | 25 |
| Rohit Sharma | 130 | 28 | 1 | 27 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 85 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Suresh Raina | 118 | 25 | 1 | 24 |
| Chris Gayle | 66 | 24 | 6 | 18 |
| Faf du Plessis | 75 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| KL Rahul | 55 | 21 | 3 | 18 |
Key Insights
David Warner leads the pack with most number 50+ scores in a winning cause in the IPL and this includes four centuries. He has a strike rate of 162.78 in these games. Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan are the other players who have 30 plus scores of fifty or more in their team’s successful IPL games.
Jos Buttler has struck 17 fifty plus scores in winning cause in IPL and out of which, 7 were converted to a century. This is the most centuries hit by a batter in IPL in a winning cause. Chris Gayle comes in second with 6 scores of 100 plus in IPL and Virat Kohli has 5 centuries in winning cause.
Apart from these 10 players here, Ajinkya Rahane is other player with 20 or more fifty plus scores in winning cause in IPL. This includes a century against RCB back in the IPL 2012 season.
Suresh Raina has 5 of these fifty plus scores in IPL playoffs, the most by a players in the knockout phase of the tournament and did so with a strike rate of 165.46.
AB de Villiers’ strike rate of 186.40 is the highest on this list and the next best is 179.27 by Chris Gayle. Outside this list, 176.54 by Shane Watson is the most and the former CSK batter has 19 scores of fifty or more in successful IPL outings for his side.
