Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2020s in Test matches IN South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SCJ Broad	43	28	2	4	153.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	72	47	7	3	153.19	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
K Verreynne	39*	30	6	0	130.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
YBK Jaiswal	28	23	6	0	121.73	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
SM Curran	35	29	6	0	120.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	28	24	6	0	116.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SN Thakur	28	24	5	1	116.66	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
D Elgar	31*	27	5	0	114.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
PW Hasaranga	59	53	12	1	111.32	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
JC Buttler	29	27	4	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
PW Hasaranga	29	27	5	0	107.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
AK Markram	106	103	17	2	102.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
RR Pant	34	34	6	0	100.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
D Paterson	39*	40	6	0	97.50	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
T Bavuma	27	29	6	0	93.10	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Q de Kock	39	42	6	1	92.85	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
V Kohli	76	82	12	1	92.68	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
R Ashwin	46	50	6	0	92.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
MA Wood	35*	39	2	3	89.74	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
D Elgar	26	29	2	1	89.65	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
MDKJ Perera	60	67	11	0	89.55	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
KA Maharaj	84	95	9	3	88.42	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
SM Curran	44	50	6	1	88.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
T Bavuma	51	60	6	1	85.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
J Blackwood	79	93	12	1	84.94	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
Tamim Iqbal	47	57	8	0	82.45	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
Litton Das	27	33	5	0	81.81	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
AK Markram	31	38	6	0	81.57	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
AK Markram	47	58	7	0	81.03	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
FDM Karunaratne	103	128	19	0	80.46	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
D Elgar	70	89	10	0	78.65	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
RG Sharma	39	50	7	0	78.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
V Kohli	46	59	6	1	77.96	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
D Elgar	127	163	22	0	77.91	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
D Elgar	42	54	7	0	77.77	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
JL Denly	27	35	4	0	77.14	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
MD Shanaka	66*	87	3	5	75.86	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
DM de Silva	79*	106	11	1	74.52	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
AM Rahane	58	78	8	1	74.35	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
KL Rahul	101	137	14	4	73.72	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
MDKJ Perera	64	87	10	0	73.56	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
D Elgar	95	130	16	0	73.07	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
KD Petersen	82	113	10	0	72.56	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
AK Markram	68	94	14	0	72.34	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
F du Plessis	199	276	24	0	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
RR Pant	100*	139	6	4	71.94	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
OJ Pope	56	78	8	0	71.79	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JE Root	35	49	5	0	71.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
Z Crawley	25	35	5	0	71.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
HE van der Dussen	98	138	15	2	71.01	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
MA Agarwal	26	37	5	0	70.27	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
Shubman Gill	26	37	6	0	70.27	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
CR Woakes	32	46	5	0	69.56	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JO Holder	81*	117	8	4	69.23	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
AK Markram	96	139	17	0	69.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
KA Maharaj	73	106	6	2	68.86	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
AK Markram	36*	53	4	0	67.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
KA Maharaj	71	106	10	3	66.98	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
D Elgar	67	101	11	0	66.33	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
AK Markram	115	174	18	0	66.09	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
Q de Kock	76	116	11	0	65.51	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Shubman Gill	36	55	5	0	65.45	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
J Da Silva	34	52	5	1	65.38	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
D Elgar	185	287	28	0	64.45	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
DG Bedingham	56	87	7	2	64.36	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
KD Petersen	28	44	4	0	63.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
D Elgar	64	102	7	0	62.74	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
JE Root	61	98	7	0	62.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
SJ Erwee	41	66	5	0	62.12	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
SS Iyer	31	50	3	1	62.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
CA Pujara	53	86	10	0	61.62	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
T Bavuma	172	280	20	0	61.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
BA Stokes	47	77	6	1	61.03	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
JE Root	58	96	5	1	60.41	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
D Elgar	71	118	11	0	60.16	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
OJ Pope	135*	226	18	1	59.73	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
V Kohli	38	64	5	0	59.37	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
PWA Mulder	42	71	8	0	59.15	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
Z Crawley	66	112	11	0	58.92	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JE Root	27	46	4	0	58.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
M Jansen	84*	147	11	1	57.14	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
PWA Mulder	36	63	4	1	57.14	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
N Dickwella	49	86	6	0	56.97	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
T Bavuma	71	125	7	0	56.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
BA Stokes	120	214	12	2	56.07	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
CA Pujara	43	77	7	0	55.84	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
LD Chandimal	25	45	4	0	55.55	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
K Rabada	25	45	3	1	55.55	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
KA Maharaj	25	45	4	0	55.55	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
T Bavuma	32*	58	5	0	55.17	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
T de Zorzi	85	155	11	0	54.83	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
JE Root	59	108	6	0	54.62	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
HDRL Thirimanne	31	57	7	0	54.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
RR Pant	27	50	4	0	54.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
Q de Kock	34	63	3	1	53.96	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
T Bavuma	28	52	4	0	53.84	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
T Bavuma	30	56	2	0	53.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
N Dickwella	36	68	6	0	52.94	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Yasir Ali	46	87	7	0	52.87	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]