Cricket is a sport where batting at each position gives unique challenges and the players will have to adapt in order to succeed. The same goes to Test cricket too. Though it is a fast moving game, the batters at the top of the order are expected to score bulk of the runs and the as the batting order lowers, we see not too many big scores.
It is because as you play down the order, the number of deliveries one faces is generally less, but they can still maximum the impact. Hence, power hitters are slated in the middle to lower order of a typical T20 line-up. In this article, we will see top scores in each batting order in the history of IPL.
Highest Scores at Each Batting Position in IPL
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opener | Chris Gayle (RCB)-175* | Brendon McCullum (KKR) – 158* | Quinton de Kock (LSG) – 140* | KL Rahul (PBKS) – 132 | Shubman Gill (GT) – 129 |
| No. 3 | AB de Villiers (RCB) – 133* | AB de Villiers (RCB) – 129* | Marcus Stoinis (LSG) -124 | Sanju Samson (RR)- 119 | Michael Hussey (CSK)-116 |
| No. 4 | Rishabh Pant (DC) – 128* | Andrew Symonds (DC) – 117* | Wriddhiman Saha (PBKS) – 115* | Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) – 104 | Suryakumar Yadav (MI) – 102* |
| No. 5 | Ben Stokes (RPSG)- 103* | David Miller (PBKS) – 101* | Yusuf Pathan (RR) – 100 | David Miller (GT) – 94* | AB de Villiers (RCB) – 89* |
| No. 6 | Hardik Pandya (MI) – 91 | MS Dhoni (CSK) – 84* | Dinesh Karthik (RCB) – 83 | Chris Morris (DC) – 82* | Rahul Dravid (RCB) – 75* |
| No. 7 | Andre Russel (KKR) – 88* | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) – 68 | Shardul Thakur (KKR) – 68 | Dinesh Karthik (RCB) – 66* | Andre Russell (KKR) – 66 |
| No. 8 | Rashid Khan (GT) – 79 | Pat Cummins (KKR) – 66* | Harbhajan Singh (MI) – 64 | Andre Russell (KKR) – 64* | Ashutosh Sharma (PBKS) – 61 |
| No. 9 | Harbhajan Singh (MI) – 49* | Kuldeep Yadav (DC)– 35* | Pat Cummins (SRH) – 35* | Chris Morris (RR) – 34* | Harbhajan Singh (MI) – 33 |
| No. 10 | Dhawal Kulkarni (RR) – 28* | Kagiso Rabada (PBKS) – 25 | Umesh Yadav (KKR) – 24* | Praveen Kumar (PBKS) – 24 | Zaheer Khan (MI) – 23* |
| No. 11 | Munaf Patel (RR) – 23* | Dale Steyn (SRH) – 19* | Akash Deep (RCB) – 17 | Mohammed Siraj (RCB) – 12* | Avesh Khan (LSG) – 12 |
Key Stats
50 – At least a half-century has been scored in the batting positions 8 or above in the IPL. The highest at No.9 is by Harbhajan Singh (49*), who came tantalizingly close to score a 50 in that position as well.
3 – AB de Villiers and Sanju Samson have each scored 3 centuries at No.3, the most by any player.
5 – Only these 5 players have scored a century while batting at No.4 in the IPL and there have been seven other 90+ scores by 7 different players in that position.
You can find here about the batters who leads the centuries chart in different batting positions in IPL.
4 – David Miller has recorded four scores of 80 or more while batting at No.5 and this includes a century, 101* against RCB back in 2013.
3 – Number of times former CSK skipper MS Dhoni has scored 70 or more in an innings while batting at No.6. Kieron Pollard of MI follows him with two such scores and Hardik has the highest runs (91) coming at the position.
3 – KKR legend Andre Russell has the most number of 60 plus scores while batting at No.7 in the IPL and we have seen 11 such scores at that position overall.
7 – Only 7 batters have scored 50 or more while batting at No.8 in IPL and the other two are Arshad Khan (58*) of LSG & Chris Morris (52) of Delhi Capitals.
2 – Pat Cummins and Harbhajan Singh have two 30 plus scores while batting at No.9 position in the IPL.
