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The batters who played in top order have more chances to face more balls in T20 cricket, and it’s impossible to score fours and sixes on each and every ball. Batters who perform really well have a long career in the world’s toughest T20 league, and this batter also plays dot balls in their innings. The batters who scored the most runs and had long career phases, as well as the batters who faced more deliveries had more chances to play more dot balls.
In this particular article, we will find out the batter who faced the most dot balls in the Indian Premier League. The batters who dominated in the world’s toughest T20 league might be on this list because they faced more deliveries, played long innings, and had long careers.
Remarkable players like Mr. IPL, the highest run scorer of the IPL, and some legends of the IPL are on this list. Let’s see who faced the most dot balls in the history of the IPL and who is on the top 10 list.
Most Dot Balls Faced Batters in IPL
10. Gautam Gambhir
A former Indian player and two-time Indian Premier League winner captain played the 10th most number of dot balls in the IPL. Gautam Gambhir faced 1237 dot balls in his entire IPL career. Gambhir played 151 innings in the IPL, faced a total 3404 balls, and scored 4217 runs with an average of 32.94 and a strike rate of 123.88. Gambhir most often played as a top-order batter in the IPL and registered 36 fifties and 13 ducks.
9. MS Dhoni
In the list of most dot balls played by batters in the IPL, the only batter who has not played many innings in top order but appears in the list is MS Dhoni. 5 times Indian Premier League winning captain, most of the innings in his career he plays as a middle order batter and lower middle order batter, currently playing as a lower middle order batter in the ongoing IPL season. Till now, MS Dhoni has played 224 IPL matches and faced 3776 balls; among those 1277 balls are dot balls. Dhoni has till now scored 5177 runs with an average of 40.44 and a strike rate of 137.10. Dhoni has registered 24 fifties till now in the Indian Premier League.
8. Suresh Raina
Mr. IPL played 8th most number of dot balls in the Indian Premier League. Suresh Raina played 1345 dot balls in his long career in the toughest T20 league. Raina scored 5528 runs with an average of 34.33 and a strike rate of 136.69. Raina played 200 innings in the IPL and registered 39 fifties and one hundred. Raina has been a proven match winner for his franchise and has scored with consistency throughout his IPL career.
7. Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane has till now played 1345 dot balls in the Indian Premier League, which is 7th most in the IPL. Rahane played as a top-order batter in most of the games and is currently playing as the opener in the ongoing IPL season for the Chennai Super Kings. In 167 innings, Rahane scored 4570 runs on 3703 balls he faced and batted with an average of 31.51 and a strike rate of 123.41 in the IPL. 2 hundreds and 30 fifties already scored by Rahane in the toughest domestic T20 tournament.
6. Chris Gayle
“The Universe Boss” holds the sixth position in the most dot balls played batter list in the Indian Premier League. Chris Gayle faced 1465 dot balls in his entire IPL career. Gayle batted in 141 IPL innings and scored 4965 runs with an average of 40.4 and a strike rate of 148.96. Gayle is among the most destructive batters in the IPL and has scored 31 fifties and six centuries in his long run in the IPL. Gayle scored 175 runs unbeaten in the IPL innings, which is the most by any batter in one IPL inning.
5. Robin Uthappa
The right-handed wicketkeeper batter most of the time in his IPL journey played as a top-order batter and scored 4952 runs in 197 innings with an average of 28.29 and a strike rate of 130.35. Uthappa played the 5th most dot balls in the IPL, which is 1472 dot deliveries. Uthappa won the Orange Cap in the 2014 season by scoring the highest runs of the season. Uthappa registered 27 half centuries in the IPL.
4. David Warner
The most successful overseas batter also appears in this list: David Warner played 1722 dot balls in the IPL in 183 IPL innings. Warner has until now scored 6564 runs with an average of 42.34 and a strike rate of 139.80. one of the most consistent IPL batters currently with the Delhi Capitals in the ongoing IPL season. Warner has 62 fifties and four hundreds in the biggest T20 league. David Warner won the Orange Cap in 2015, 2017, and the 2019 IPL season by scoring the most runs.
3. Rohit Sharma
5 times IPL winning captain and one of the most dangerous opening batters of IPL played 3rd most dot balls in the league. Rohit Sharma has till now faced 1865 dot deliveries in 246 IPL innings. Rohit is known for his aggressive batting at the top of the order; he smashed 6522 runs with an average of 30.19 and a strike rate of 131.22. Rohit has already scored 42 half centuries and 2 centuries in his long IPl career. Rohit is currently playing as the Mumbai Indians opening batter in the ongoing IPL season and has already smashed one hundred in the season.
2. Shikhar Dhawan
The current captain of the Punjab Kings and second-most-run scorer in the toughest T20 league is in second place in most dot balls played by a batter in the IPL list. Shikhar Dhawan has till now played 1977 dot balls from 5324 balls faced in 221 IPL innings. In these 221 innings, Dhawan registered 6769 runs with an average of 36.39 and a strike rate of 127.14. Dhawan in the IPL has scored 52 fifties and 2 hundreds till now and smashed the most number of fours in the IPL, which is 768.
1 . Virat Kohli
The most number of runs scored by a batter in the Indian Premier League has also faced the most number of deliveries in the toughest T20 league. Virat Kohli has till now played 1986 dot balls in the IPL, which is the most by any batter in the IPL. In 239 innings, Virat faced 5925 balls and scored 7763 runs, which is the most by any batter in the toughest T20 league. The run machine in the IPL batted with an average of 38.31 and a strike rate of 131.02 and registered 54 half centuries and 8 centuries. Kohli won the Orange Cap in the 2016 IPL season by scoring a record 973 runs, which is the most by any batter in an IPL season. In the ongoing IPL season, he already smashed 500 runs in 10 innings and holds the Orange Cap.
In the last four overs of the Indian Premier League, the batters who played the most number of dot balls are listed below.
Most dot balls played by batter in IPL death overs.
| No. | Batter | Dot balls in death overs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 372 |
| 2 | Kieron Pollard | 291 |
| 3 | Dinesh Karthik | 223 |
| 4 | Ravindra Jadeja | 214 |
| 5 | Andre Russell | 180 |
| 6 | Hardik Pandya | 169 |
| 7 | Rohit Sharma | 151 |
| 8 | David Miller | 142 |
| 9 | AB de Villiers | 133 |
| 10 | Harbhajan Singh | 133 |
MS Dhoni played the most number of dot balls in the death overs of the Indian Premier League. Dhoni has played 372 dot balls till now from 168 innings in the death overs. Dhoni scored 2728 runs in the death overs with a strike rate of 189.18 and smashed 176 sixes and 207 fours in 168 innings.
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard played the second-most number of dot balls in the IPL. Pollard played 291 dot balls in the last four overs of the IPL from 117 innings at death overs. Pollard played so many destructive knocks at the back end of the inning and scored 1708 runs in death overs with a strike rate of 181.50. Pollard in death overs registered 127 sixes and 110 fours.
Dinesh Kartik played 223 dot balls in the last phase of the innings in the IPL, which is the 3rd most in the IPL. Karthik has till now played 113 innings at death overs and, with a strike rate of 187.00, registered 1536 runs. Karthik has already smashed 139 fours and 88 sixes at the death overs of the IPL.
Left-handed all-rounder, who is handy with the bat, smashed 1363 runs in the death overs of the IPL from 127 innings. Ravindra Jadeja has played 214 dot balls at death in the IPL till now. Jadeja, with a strike rate of 158.12 in death overs, scored 64 sixes and 101 fours.
The fifth-most number of dot balls in the death overs phase in the IPL played by Andre Russell. The West Indian big hitter has till now played 180 dot balls in death overs from 62 innings. Russell at the death overs batted with a strike rate of 203.07 and hit 92 sixes and 78 fours already at the death overs in the IPL.
