When it comes to finishers, we remember Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ab de Villers, Jos Buttler, Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell, Micheal Bevan, and many. They will be remembered because of their Contribution to their teams in difficult situations.

Every Team needs a finisher when it comes to limited-overs cricket. Here is the list of players having the highest strike rate in ODI since 2015.
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Player Innings Runs Strike Rate Average
Rohit Sharma 10 313 199.36 52.17
AB de Villiers 14 383 181.52 38.30
Jos Buttler 25 902 181.12 64.43
Faf du Plessis 9 289 174.10 57.80
Glenn Maxwell 17 517 160.56 36.93
Eoin Morgan 15 342 156.16 28.50
Shoaib Malik 21 473 149.68 39.42
Henry Nicholls 16 295 147.50 26.82
Matthew Wade 22 431 146.10 28.73
JP Duminy 14 250 145.35 25.00


Some of the players to talk.

Many of you after seeing this table like you are kidding? Rohit Sharma has the highest strike rate in death overs in ODI really?

Yes, Rohit Sharma has the best strike rate in overs 41-50 in ODI's since 2015.

Rohit Sharma has a successful ICC World Cup 2019 as he scored 648 runs in 9 games at an average 81.00. He has scored 5 centuries and has the most centuries(6) in World Cup games. Also, the player to score most centuries in one World Cup edition.

Most of the runs scored by Rohit Sharma came off from the knock of 208 vs Sri Lanka at Mohali.
Rohit Sharma has scored more runs in the last ten overs of the game. he scored 107 runs of 128 in the last ten overs. He has scored 313 runs in 10 games at an average of 52.17.

Rohit Sharma also scored 1000+ runs in the last three years and scored the most runs since 2013.

Indian team mostly rely on the form of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli strike rate of 140.55 and Rohit Sharma strike rate of 199.36 is the best among Indians. When one of these batted past 40 overs, the India team scored at the rate of 8.33. In the absence of them, the scoring rate falls to 7.24.

None of the Indian middle-order batsmen stands in the list as they have strike rates of Kedar Jadhav(136.39), Hardik Pandya(127.60), MS Dhoni(120.57), Ambati Rayudu(118.75), Ravindra Jadeja(101.75).

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AB de Villers

AB de Villers is known as a 360-degree finisher. ABD has started 2015 with a bang as he scored 149(44) vs West Indies. This knock includes 9 fours and 16 sixes striking at 338.63. This is the best Strike rate of batsmen scoring 100+.

ABD has scored 383 runs in 14 innings at an average of 38.30. Some of the best Knocks of ABD since 2015 are

149(44) vs West Indies
162(66) vs West Indies in ICC World Cup 2015
119(61) vs India
104(73) vs India
176(121) vs Bangladesh

Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler has scored the most runs in this category. he has scored 902 runs in 25 games striking at 181.82. Jos Buttler hits a boundary for every 3.7 balls in death overs.
He also has the best average in 41-50 overs among players scoring 250+ runs.

Can you ever imagine if any of the players scored a century in the final ten overs?

It is difficult to score, so many people didn't think about this feat. But Jos Buttler did this three times in his career and two of them came in the last 5 years.

150(77) vs West Indies helped England to post a total of 418.

116(52)* vs Pakistan. Buttler scored a century in just 46 balls. Only England player to achieve this feat.


Here are the scoring rates of every International team since 2015.

Team RR Dot%
England 8.35 38.77%
South Africa 7.93 39.38%
New Zealand 7.78 38.92%
Australia 7.75 39.40%
India 7.66 38.64%
Pakistan 7.48 38.02%
Afghanistan 7.10 45.65%
Windies 6.95 44.01%
Bangladesh 6.69 45.58%
Sri Lanka 6.57 46.23%

England has the best scoring rate in death overs of 8.35. Surprised to see India at no.5 as I mentioned the reason above as they depend on top order. Sri Lanka has a poor scoring rate in final overs.


This article is only based on the strike rate. Based on the strike rate, Rohit Sharma is best.
Can you tell the best player in death overs based on all the stats mentioned in the table?
Comment the best player.


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