Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - India

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - India

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
N Kapil Dev	59	48	8	2	122.91	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
S Madan Lal	43	35	7	0	122.85	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
N Kapil Dev	83	74	14	0	112.16	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
N Kapil Dev	126*	124	11	1	101.61	India	v West Indies	Delhi	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
N Kapil Dev	61	62	9	1	98.38	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
N Kapil Dev	38*	40	4	0	95.00	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
SMH Kirmani	35	39	5	1	89.74	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
FM Engineer	35	40	4	0	87.50	India	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
N Kapil Dev	69	79	11	0	87.34	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
KD Ghavri	86	99	12	3	86.86	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
BS Bedi	26*	30	4	0	86.66	India	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
DB Vengsarkar	65	77	10	1	84.41	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
N Kapil Dev	38	47	1	1	80.85	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
CPS Chauhan	32	40	7	0	80.00	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
S Abid Ali	71	93	7	0	76.34	India	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
N Kapil Dev	30	40	3	1	75.00	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
BP Patel	83	111	16	0	74.77	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
FM Engineer	86	118	11	0	72.88	India	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Yashpal Sharma	85*	117	10	0	72.64	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
FM Engineer	33	46	6	0	71.73	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
GR Viswanath	38	55	7	0	69.09	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
SMH Kirmani	42	61	3	0	68.85	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
BP Patel	27	40	4	0	67.50	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
FM Engineer	121	182	14	0	66.48	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
M Amarnath	31	47	6	0	65.95	India	v England	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
S Abid Ali	26	40	3	0	65.00	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
DB Vengsarkar	49	76	7	0	64.47	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
BP Patel	33	52	3	0	63.46	India	v England	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
GR Viswanath	131	207	18	0	63.28	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
SM Gavaskar	50	80	7	0	62.50	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
GR Viswanath	59	95	4	0	62.10	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
N Kapil Dev	42	68	0	0	61.76	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
N Kapil Dev	29	47	4	0	61.70	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
S Venkataraghavan	37	60	4	0	61.66	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
S Amarnath	63	103	9	0	61.16	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
S Amarnath	63	103	7	0	61.16	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
SM Gavaskar	50	82	9	0	60.97	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
S Venkataraghavan	28	46	3	2	60.86	India	v England	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
SM Gavaskar	31	51	5	0	60.78	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
SA Durani	37	61	6	1	60.65	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
KD Ghavri	35*	58	4	1	60.34	India	v England	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
SM Gavaskar	205	342	29	2	59.94	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
M Amarnath	47	79	5	0	59.49	India	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
SMH Kirmani	38	64	5	0	59.37	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
CPS Chauhan	88	151	13	0	58.27	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
SM Gavaskar	68	117	10	0	58.11	India	v England	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
AL Wadekar	36	62	3	0	58.06	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
M Amarnath	90	156	7	0	57.69	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
FM Engineer	64*	111	6	0	57.65	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
GR Viswanath	54	94	4	0	57.44	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
M Amarnath	100	175	4	0	57.14	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
SM Gavaskar	137	240	20	0	57.08	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
EAS Prasanna	25*	44	4	0	56.81	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
FM Engineer	31	55	2	0	56.36	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
S Abid Ali	58	103	9	0	56.31	India	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
SM Gavaskar	53	96	5	0	55.20	India	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
SM Gavaskar	73	133	13	0	54.88	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
EAS Prasanna	37	68	5	0	54.41	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
GR Viswanath	96	177	12	0	54.23	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
GR Viswanath	161*	297	11	1	54.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
AD Gaekwad	39	72	4	0	54.16	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
GR Viswanath	47	87	8	0	54.02	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
SM Gavaskar	81	150	12	0	54.00	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
S Abid Ali	41	76	4	0	53.94	India	v England	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
SM Gavaskar	29	54	3	0	53.70	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
FM Engineer	59	111	0	0	53.15	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
GR Viswanath	139	263	23	0	52.85	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
GR Viswanath	113	214	18	1	52.80	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
GR Viswanath	40	76	4	0	52.63	India	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
CPS Chauhan	32	61	3	0	52.45	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
AL Wadekar	44	84	8	0	52.38	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
SM Gavaskar	67	128	12	0	52.34	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
FM Engineer	75	144	10	0	52.08	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
KD Ghavri	64	123	5	0	52.03	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
S Amarnath	40	77	5	0	51.94	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
FM Engineer	28	54	3	0	51.85	India	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
SM Gavaskar	127	245	20	0	51.83	India	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
AV Mankad	43	83	4	0	51.80	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
SM Gavaskar	123	239	17	0	51.46	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
GR Viswanath	28	55	1	0	50.90	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
GR Viswanath	89	175	6	0	50.85	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
SMH Kirmani	48	95	6	0	50.52	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
SMH Kirmani	52	103	8	0	50.48	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
SM Gavaskar	59	117	8	0	50.42	India	v England	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
GR Viswanath	79*	158	6	0	50.00	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
GR Viswanath	45	90	5	0	50.00	India	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
KD Ghavri	36	72	3	1	50.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
SM Gavaskar	221	443	21	0	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
SA Durani	38	77	3	2	49.35	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
SM Gavaskar	108	219	11	0	49.31	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
SMH Kirmani	101*	206	17	0	49.02	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
GR Viswanath	25	51	2	0	49.01	India	v England	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
KD Ghavri	45*	92	1	0	48.91	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
AL Wadekar	87	178	14	0	48.87	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
SA Durani	73	150	10	2	48.66	India	v England	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
RD Parkar	35	72	5	0	48.61	India	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
SM Gavaskar	115	238	17	1	48.31	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
RMH Binny	46	96	5	0	47.91	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
FM Engineer	63	132	9	0	47.72	India	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
FM Engineer	28*	59	3	0	47.45	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692

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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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]