Highest Strike Rate by a Teenager in an IPL Season
| Player | Strike Rate | Innings | Runs | Balls Faced | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) | 237.30 | 16 | 776 | 327 | 2026 |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR) | 206.55 | 7 | 252 | 122 | 2025 |
| Ayush Mhatre (CSK) | 188.97 | 7 | 240 | 127 | 2025 |
| Ayush Mhatre (CSK) | 177.87 | 6 | 201 | 113 | 2026 |
| Abdul Samad (SRH) | 170.76 | 8 | 111 | 65 | 2020 |
| Rishabh Pant (DC) | 165.61 | 14 | 366 | 221 | 2017 |
| Sarfaraz Khan (RCB) | 156.33 | 8 | 111 | 71 | 2015 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi (KKR) | 155.23 | 7 | 163 | 105 | 2024 |
| Prithvi Shaw (DC) | 153.12 | 9 | 245 | 160 | 2018 |
| Ishan Kishan (MI) | 149.45 | 12 | 275 | 184 | 2018 |
Note: Batters who’ve faced a minimum of 50 balls are considered.
Key Insights – Most Explosive Teenager in IPL History
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has recorded the highest batting strike rate as a teenager in an IPL season. He struck at 237.30 while aggregating 776 runs in 16 innings for Rajasthan Royals in 2026.
Sooryavanshi’s strike rate of 237.50 is, in fact, the highest by any batter in a single IPL season.
Sooryavanshi’s 776 runs in 2026 are also the most by a teenager in an IPL edition. No other teenager has aggregated 700-plus runs in a season.
Sooryavanshi is the only teenager to strike above 200 in two IPL seasons, that too in consecutive editions in 2025 and 2026.
Ayush Mhatre is the only other teenager to have a strike rate above 150 in two IPL editions, having achieved this in 2025 and 2026.
Sooryavanshi struck at 200 or above in 10 innings in IPL 2026. This is the most innings at a 200-plus strike rate by a teenager in an IPL season (minimum five balls faced).
Sarfaraz Khan has recorded the highest strike rate among teenagers in an IPL innings (minimum five balls faced). He smashed an unbeaten 35 runs off 10 balls at a strike rate of 350 for RCB against SRH in a 2016 game.
Sooryavanshi is the only teenager to strike at 300 or above in three or more innings in an IPL season.
Sooryavanshi has achieved the highest strike rate as a teenager in the powerplay overs in an IPL season (minimum 30 balls faced). He scored 504 of his 776 runs in the first six overs at a strike rate of 231.19 in 2026.
The Bihar batter has also recorded the highest strike rate in the middle overs, striking at 242 while scoring 242 runs in 2026.
Mhatre’s strike rate of 177.87 in 2026 is the highest by a non-opening teenager in an IPL season. He scored 201 runs at No. 3 for CSK.
Abdul Samad, meanwhile, has recorded the highest strike rate as a teenager while batting outside the top three in an IPL season. He struck at 177.58 while scoring 103 of his 111 runs between No. 4 and 7 in 2020 for SRH.
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