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In this post, we will check out the top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

Over the years, the IPL has seen some of the greatest finishers to ever grace the game. There are some top stroke players capable of exhibiting finishing the game with a cool and calmness.

Finishers is always a difficult job to do when it comes to one of the best cricket leagues in the world. Finishers now have a major role to do in every team, scoring quick runs towards the end of an innings.

They have a little time to explore the innings and score quick runs to firepower the team over the line. Finishers usually bat at the lower order to finish the game with ease.

So now without further delay, let’s quickly go ahead and check out the top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

Top 10 Best Finishers In IPL history

10 Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is an Indian cricketer who plays as a middle-order wicket-keeper batsman for India. He is also the captain of the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.

Pant was bought by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2016 Indian Premier League. In his very third game of the season, he showed his class for the franchise and scored 69 runs off 40 balls to help Delhi secure an eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions.

In the 2017 season, he scored a blistering 97 runs from 43 balls against the same team. During the 2018 Indian Premier League, Pant scored an unbeaten 128 from 63 balls against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The score makes him the highest individual score by any Indian cricketer in IPL history. He also became the second-youngest player ever to score a century in the IPL. He is number 10 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

9 Chris Morris

Chris Morris is surely one of the best finishers in IPL history. Morris attained his highest T20 score during the 2016 IPL season scoring 82 not out from only 32 balls, an innings that included four fours and eight sixes.

Later he was released by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction and was purchased by Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In 2021, he was purchased by Rajasthan Royals for Rs. 16.25 crores which make him the most expensive player in IPL history.

Just look at his stats as a finisher in the lower order and you understand the kind of player he is. Morris is number 9 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

8 Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja is a left arm, off-spin bowling all-rounder, and one of the best finishers in the IPL. He portrays Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

He is regarded to be one of the greatest fielders to ever grace the game. Ravindra Jadeja was selected by the Rajasthan Royals for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.

He played an important part in their victory against Chennai Super Kings in the final. Shane Warne, the captain of Rajasthan Royals, referred to Jadeja as a “superstar in the making” and nicknamed him “Rockstar”.

In the 19th match of the 2021 Indian Premier League, Jadeja hurricane came when he hit joint-most 37 runs in the last over bowled by Harshal Patel.

He also took 3/13 in his four overs and was named player of the match. He is number 8 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

7 Ben Stokes

Ben Stokes is an English cricketer who is currently the vice-captain of the England test team. He has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues and has been a part of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

Stokes made his maiden Twenty – 20 century against Gujarat Lions. He scored 103 not out from 63 balls which includes seven fours and six sixes.

In 2018 Rajasthan Royals bought him for £1.7million, which is the most expensive signing in the 2018 IPL auction.

This batsman is a real monster when it comes to finishing the game. He has played a total of 43 IPL matches in which he scored 2 centuries with a strike rate of 134.50.

6 Glenn Maxwell

Glenn Maxwell is an Australian professional cricketer, who depicts the Australia national cricket team in the ODI and Twenty20 formats of the game.

Maxwell first signed for Delhi Daredevils in 2012 as a substitute player for Travis Birt. However, Maxwell played only two games in the 2012 competition.

At the 2013 IPL auction, Maxwell was the most pricey player as Mumbai Indians purchased him for 1 million US$.

He was purchased by Kings XI Punjab in 2014. In his opening match, he showed his worth to the team and scored 95 runs from 43 balls against Chennai Super Kings.

In the second match against Rajasthan Royals, he hit 89 off 45 balls. Just after that in the third match, Maxwell scored 95 runs from 43 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad and was rewarded the Player of the Match award for the third time in a row.

He has played a total of 97 matches and scored 2018 runs with a strike rate of 151. 84. Maxwell is number 6 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

5 Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is an Indian international cricketer who plays and captains Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He is one of the best all-rounders in world cricket.

Pandya started his IPL career in 2015 and quickly grew into becoming one of the best finishers for the Mumbai Indians. His capability of reading the situation and ability to score quick runs has always been major factors for the team.

Hardik Pandya is surely one of the best finishers at this moment. He played a total of 92 matches and scored 1476 runs with a strike rate of 153.91. Hardik Pandya is number 5 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

4 Kieron Pollard

Kieron Pollard is a right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder. He was the joint highest-paid player in the 2010 Indian Premier League, playing for Mumbai Indians.

His long stature and his power made him one of the best finishers of IPL in the history of the game. Pollard holds the record for 32-balls 60 that guided MI to win their first IPL title. 

He has played a total of 178 matches in IPL and scored 3268 runs with a strike rate of 149.77. He has also smashed a total of 214 sixes in his IPL career and has played a crucial role in the MI squad for winning their 5 IPL titles. 

3 Andre Russell

Andre Russell is one of the hard hitters in world cricket. Nobody can finish the game better than Andre Russell in the shorter formats of the game.

He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 and since then no looking back for the muscle man. For his amazing performances in 2015, he was anointed in the Cricinfo IPL XI for the season.

He is surely the backbone of KKR when it comes to chasing the big totals. Russell’s best innings came against the Mumbai Indians in 2019. He scored 80 runs from 40 balls.

His capability of finishing the game with ease makes him distant from the other finishers. He is number 3 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.

2 AB De Villiers

AB de Villiers is one of the noted names when it comes to finishing the game. He is a complete cricketer.

If you are looking for complete batsmen who can score in any batting position and can play any type of shots in quick succession then there is no one other than AB de Villiers.

He has played a total of 184 matches and scored 5162 runs with a strike rate of 151.69. The stats show the stature of the batsmen.

He has smashed 251 sixes in his IPL career which is on the 2nd spot after the great Chris Gayle.

His batting skills and his firepower hitting make him one of the finest finishers in IPL history.

1 MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni is probably the best finisher in the world and he has proved this again and again. He is the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League.

He was also the captain when CSK won 2010, 2011, 2018, and 2021 editions of the IPL league.

His best finish came against Kings XI Punjab when he scored 54* off 29 in the very needed situation. 

He had played a total of 220 matches and scored 4746 runs with an impeccable strike rate of 135.83. MS Dhoni is number 1 in our list of top 10 best finishers in IPL history.