PlayerInnings50+10050
Suresh Raina24707
Michael Hussey11404
Venkatesh Iyer5404
Dwayne Smith11404
Shane Watson12413
AB de Villiers10303
Faf du Plessis15303
Lendl Simmons6303
Suryakumar Yadav11303
Shreyas Iyer12303

Key Insights

Suresh Raina: The Undisputed Leader

Suresh Raina leads the pack by miles. He notched up seven fifties, all for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), in the IPL playoffs.

Five of Raina’s half-centuries came in wins, which is again the most by a batter in the knockouts.

One of Raina’s fifties even came off 16 deliveries. This is the fastest half-century in all playoff games. He bashed 87 off 25 balls versus Punjab in 2014.

Raina has also scored the most runs – 714 – in this phase of the tournament.


Other Close Contenders

Dwayne Smith, on the contrary, has the most fifty-plus scores in losses in the playoffs. 

Over 25 batters have scored two or more fifty-plus scores in the IPL playoffs. Seven of them have a century to their names.

Among them, Shubman Gill’s score of 129 is the highest by a batter in a knockout match. Find the next 9 here.

Raina, Michael Hussey, Venkatesh Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha, Rohit Sharma, and Shane Watson have scored two fifty-plus scores in IPL finals. Saha and Watson even have a century each in the summit clashes.