The IPL is the most expensive and celebrated cricket league which is known for its exciting batting innings by some of the world’s greatest batters. Chasing a hundred is too extreme for the batsmen in the IPL but a half-century is a target every batter wants to achieve.
Australian cricketer David Warner has slammed the most fifties in the IPL history. David Warner hit 62 half-centuries in 184 IPL matches. Warner has collected 6565 runs with an average rate of 40.52 and 139.77 strike rate in the IPL.
Virat Kohli who hit 55 half-centuries in 252 matches with 8004 the most runs in the IPL, comes in the second position in the most fifties in the IPL. King Kohli has also hit 8 centuries most in the IPL history.
Panjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan is the third batter with 51 most fifties in the IPL history. Shikhar Dhawan hit 51 half-centuries, 2 centuries, and scored 6769 runs in his overall 222 IPL matches.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is the third Indian cricketer who has the most fifties in the IPL. Rohit Sharma hit 43 half-centuries in 257 IPL matches with a highest score of 109*.
List of Most Fifties in IPL 2024
No | Batsmen | Team | 50s | Matches | Inns | R | H.S |
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1 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 5 | 15 | 15 | 741 | 113 |
2 | Rajat Patidar | RCB | 5 | 15 | 13 | 395 | 55 |
3 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | 4 | 14 | 14 | 583 | 108* |
4 | Travis Head | SRH | 4 | 15 | 15 | 567 | 102 |
5 | Sanju Samson | RR | 5 | 16 | 15 | 531 | 86 |
6 | Jake Fraser-McGurk | DC | 4 | 9 | 9 | 330 | 84 |
7 | Suryakumar Yadav | MI | 3 | 11 | 11 | 345 | 102* |
8 | Phil Salt | KKR | 4 | 12 | 12 | 435 | 89* |
9 | Venkatesh Iyer | KKR | 4 | 15 | 13 | 370 | 70 |
10 | Riyan Parag | RR | 4 | 16 | 14 | 573 | 84* |
List of Batsmen with Most Fifties in IPL History
Pos | Player | Matches | Avg | S/R | 50s | 100s |
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1 | David Warner | 184 | 42.52 | 139.77 | 62 | 4 |
2 | Virat Kohli | 252 | 38.66 | 131.97 | 55 | 8 |
3 | Shikhar Dhawan | 222 | 35.25 | 127.14 | 51 | 2 |
4 | Rohit Sharma | 257 | 29.72 | 131.14 | 43 | 2 |
5 | AB de Villiers | 184 | 39.7 | 151.68 | 40 | 3 |
6 | KL Rahul | 132 | 45.46 | 134.60 | 37 | 4 |
7 | Suresh Raina | 205 | 32.51 | 136.76 | 39 | 1 |
8 | Faf Du Plessis | 145 | 35.99 | 136.36 | 37 | – |
9 | Chris Gayle | 142 | 39.72 | 148.96 | 31 | 6 |
10 | Gautam Gambhir | 154 | 31.23 | 123.88 | 36 | 4 |