IPL 2009 · Season leaderboard
Best bowling strike rate
Best bowling strike rate, IPL 2009: A Singh — 11.7 Balls per wicket.
Fewest balls per wicket across IPL career. Lower is better — measures how quickly a bowler takes wickets.
| # | Player | Balls per wicket | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A SinghRR | 11.7 | 105 legal deliveries |
| 2 | YA AbdullaPBKS | 12.0 | 168 legal deliveries |
| 3 | RG SharmaDECCAN-CHARGERS | 12.5 | 138 legal deliveries |
| 4 | R BhatiaDC | 13.0 | 130 legal deliveries |
| 5 | MM PatelRR | 13.1 | 209 legal deliveries |
| 6 | SB JakatiCSK | 13.4 | 174 legal deliveries |
| 7 | RP SinghDECCAN-CHARGERS | 15.6 | 358 legal deliveries |
| 8 | Kamran KhanRR | 16.0 | 112 legal deliveries |
| 9 | A NehraDC | 16.1 | 306 legal deliveries |
| 10 | ST JayasuriyaMI | 16.3 | 114 legal deliveries |
| 11 | SL MalingaMI | 16.5 | 297 legal deliveries |
| 12 | A KumbleRCB | 16.9 | 355 legal deliveries |
| 13 | BJ HodgeKKR | 17.1 | 120 legal deliveries |
| 14 | L BalajiCSK | 17.2 | 224 legal deliveries |
| 15 | IK PathanPBKS | 17.8 | 302 legal deliveries |
| 16 | PP OjhaDECCAN-CHARGERS | 17.8 | 321 legal deliveries |
| 17 | TL SumanDECCAN-CHARGERS | 18.0 | 90 legal deliveries |
| 18 | A MishraDC | 18.1 | 253 legal deliveries |
| 19 | DJ BravoMI | 18.1 | 199 legal deliveries |
| 20 | JA MorkelCSK | 18.5 | 240 legal deliveries |
| 21 | JDP OramCSK | 18.6 | 93 legal deliveries |
| 22 | PJ SangwanDC | 18.7 | 280 legal deliveries |
| 23 | AD MascarenhasRR | 19.3 | 116 legal deliveries |
| 24 | DP NannesDC | 19.8 | 297 legal deliveries |
| 25 | DL VettoriDC | 19.9 | 139 legal deliveries |
All IPL 2009 leaderboards: /season/ipl-2009 · Across all seasons: all-time best bowling strike rate.
Provenance. Derived from the IPL historical SETU snapshot (Cricsheet ball-by-ball, IPL 2009), cricsheet.org under CC BY 3.0. Sample-size floors enforced.