Check out the batting records in the IPL

Chennai Super Kings's dashing batsman Suresh Raina leads the batting charts in the Indian Premier League with a tally of 2254 runs in 81 matches, while Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Gautam Gambhir follows him closely with 2065 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore's Chris Gayle destroyed all the bowlers in the fifth edition of the IPL; he hammered 733 runs at an average of 61 and an amazing strike rate of 160.

The record for the highest individual innings in the IPL is held by New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who smashed a record 158 off just 73 balls in the first match of the tournament in 2008.

A look at the batting records in details:

Highest individual innings

	Score	Balls	For	Vs	Venue	Year
BB McCullum	158*	73	KKR	RCB	Bangalore	2008
CH Gayle	128*	62	RCB	DD	Delhi	2012
M Vijay	127	56	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010
PC Valthaty	120*	63	KXIP	CSK	Mohali	2011
V Sehwag	119	56	DD	DC	Hyderabad	2011
A Symonds	117*	53	DC	RR	Hyderabad	2008
MEK Hussey	116*	54	CSK	KXIP	Mohali	2008
SE Marsh	115	69	KXIP	RR	Mohali	2008
MK Pandey	114*	73	RCB	DC	Centurion	2009
ST Jayasuriya	114*	48	MI	CSK	Mumbai WS	2008

Most runs in a tournament (#Orange Cap winner)

	For	Year	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	SR
CH Gayle #	RCB	2012	15	733	128*	61.08	1	7	160.75
SR Tendulkar #	MI	2010	15	618	89*	47.54	0	5	132.62
SE Marsh #	KXIP	2008	11	616	115	68.44	1	5	139.68
CH Gayle #	RCB	2011	12	608	107	67.55	2	3	183.13
G Gambhir	KKR	2012	17	590	93	36.88	0	6	143.55
ML Hayden #	CSK	2009	12	572	89	52.00	0	5	144.81
JH Kallis	RCB	2010	16	572	89*	47.67	0	6	115.79
S Dhawan	DC	2012	15	569	84	40.64	0	5	129.61
AM Rahane	RR	2012	16	560	103*	40.00	1	3	129.33
V Kohli	RCB	2011	16	557	71	46.41	0	4	121.08
SR Tendulkar	MI	2011	16	553	100*	42.53	1	2	113.31

Leading run scorers

	Team	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	SR	100	50
SK Raina	CSK	81	2254	98	33.64	139.39	0	14
G Gambhir	DD ,KKR	72	2065	93	33.31	128.90	0	16
SR Tendulkar	MI	64	2047	100*	37.91	119.29	1	12
RG Sharma	DC ,MI	78	1975	109*	31.35	129.17	1	14
JH Kallis	KKR ,RCB	74	1965	89*	30.70	110.95	0	16
V Sehwag	DD	66	1879	119	30.31	167.32	1	14
CH Gayle	KKR ,RCB	43	1804	128*	50.11	161.79	3	12
MS Dhoni	CSK	78	1782	70*	37.13	136.45	0	9
AC Gilchrist	DC ,KXIP	67	1775	109*	27.73	140.21	2	10
R Dravid	RCB ,RR	71	1703	75*	27.92	116.88	0	7

Highest batting average (Minimum 10 innings)

Avg	Player	Team	Mts	Runs	Hs	SR	100	50
50.11	CH Gayle	KKR / RCB	43	1804	128*	161.79	3	12
45.80	SE Marsh	KXIP	42	1603	115	135.96	1	13
40.06	SR Watson	RR	39	1242	90*	146.81	0	9
37.91	SR Tendulkar	MI	64	2047	100*	119.29	1	12
37.15	MS Dhoni	CSK	78	1783	70*	136.52	0	9
36.90	ML Hayden	CSK	32	1107	93	137.52	0	8

Highest strike rate (Minimum 200 balls)

SR	Player	Team	Mts	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
167.32	V Sehwag	DD	66	1879	119	30.31	1	14
161.79	CH Gayle	KKR /RCB	43	1804	128*	50.11	3	12
151.06	Harbhajan Singh	MI	63	429	49*	16.50	0	0
149.25	YK Pathan	RR/ KKR	75	1488	100	25.66	1	6
148.81	DR Smith	DC/ MI	22	439	87*	25.82	0	1

Fastest fifties

Balls	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Year
17	AC Gilchrist	DC	DD	Centurion	2009
19	RV Uthappa	RCB	KXIP	Bangalore	2010
19	OA Shah	RR	RCB	Bangalore	2012
20	V Sehwag	DD	RR	Jaipur	2012
20	MS Dhoni	CSK	MI	Bangalore	2012

Fastest hundreds

Balls	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Year
37	YK Pathan	RR	MI	Mumbai BS	2010
42	AC Gilchrist	DC	MI	Mumbai DYP	2008
45	ST Jayasuriya	MI	CSK	Mumbai WS	2008
46	M Vijay	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010
46	CH Gayle	RCB	KXIP	Bangalore	2011

Most sixes in an innings

Sixes	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Year
13	BB McCullum (158*)	KKR	RCB	Bangalore	2008
13	CH Gayle (128*)	RCB	DD	Delhi	2012
11	ST Jayasuriya (114*)	MI	CSK	Mumbai WS	2008
11	M Vijay (127)	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010
10	AC Gilchrist (109*)	DC	MI	Mumbai DYP	2008
9	MEK Hussey (116*)	CSK	KXIP	Mohali	2008
9	CH Gayle (107)	RCB	KXIP	Bangalore	2011
9	AC Gilchrist (106)	KXIP	RCB	Dharamsala	2011
9	KP Pietersen (103*)	DD	DC	Hyderabad	2012

Most fours in an innings

Fours	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Year
19	PC Valthaty (120*)	KXIP	CSK	Mohali	2011
16	MJ Lumb (83)	RR	KXIP	Jaipur	2010
16	AM Rahane (98)	RR	KXIP	Jaipur	2012
15	M Vijay (113)	CSK	DD	Chennai	2012
14	DPMD Jayawardene (110*)	KXIP	KKR	Kolkata	2010
14	S Dhawan (95*)	DC	KXIP	Dharamsala	2011
13	KC Sangakkara (94)	KXIP	MI	Mohali	2008
13	DPMD Jayawardene (93*)	KXIP	DC	Dharamsala	2010
13	V Sehwag (119)	DD	DC	Hyderabad	2011

Most runs from boundaries in an innings

R4+6	Batsman	Runs	4s	6s	For	Vs	Venue	Year
118	BB McCullum	158*	10	13	KKR	RCB	Bangalore	2008
106	CH Gayle	128*	7	13	RCB	DD	Delhi	2012
102	ST Jayasuriya	114*	9	11	MI	CSK	Mumbai WS	2008
98	M Vijay	127	8	11	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010
96	AC Gilchrist	109*	9	10	DC	MI	Mumbai DYP	2008
94	CH Gayle	107	10	9	RCB	KXIP	Bangalore	2011
88	PC Valthaty	120*	19	2	KXIP	CSK	Mohali	2011
88	V Sehwag	119	13	6	DD	DC	Hyderabad	2011

Highest strike rate in an innings

SR		Runs	Balls	4s	6s	For	Vs	Venue	Year
400.00	JA Morkel	28	7	2	3	CSK	RCB	Chennai	2012
385.71	B Akhil	27*	7	2	3	RCB	DC	Hyderabad	2008
346.15	KA Pollard	45*	13	2	5	MI	DD	Mumbai BS	2010
316.66	CH Gayle	38	12	6	2	RCB	KKR	Bangalore	2011
306.25	Yuvraj Singh	49	16	2	6	Pun	RR	Mohali	2008

Most sixes in a career

Player	For	6s	Balls	Balls/ 6
CH Gayle	KKR/ RCB	129	1115	8.64
SK Raina	CSK	97	1617	16.67
AC Gilchrist	DC/ KXIP	86	1266	14.72
RG Sharma	DC / MI	82	1529	18.65
YK Pathan	RR/ KKR	81	997	12.31
V Sehwag	DD	79	1123	14.22
Yuvraj Singh	KXIP / PWI	67	938	14.00
MS Dhoni	CSK	64	1306	20.41
SR Watson	RR	59	846	14.34
SE Marsh	KXIP	59	1179	19.98
RV Uthappa	MI /RCB, PWI	59	1219	20.66
M Vijay	CSK	58	965	16.64
NV Ojha	RR/ DD	50	814	16.28

Most ducks

	Team	0s	Inns	Inns/ 0
SK Warne	RR	7	29	4.14
A Mishra	DD / DD	7	29	4.14
MK Pandey	MI/ RCB / PWI	7	37	5.29
PA Patel	CSK / KTK/ DC	7	52	7.43
M Manhas	DD /PWI	6	31	5.17
Praveen Kumar	RCB/ KXIP	6	38	6.33
PP Chawla	KXIP	6	41	6.83
AC Gilchrist	DC /KXIP	6	67	11.17
JH Kallis	RCB/ KKR	6	73	12.17

Highest partnership for each wicket

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen	For	Vs	Venue	Year
1st	163*	SR Tendulkar & DR Smith	MI	RR	Jaipur	2012
2nd	206	AC Gilchrist & SE Marsh	KXIP	RCB	Dharamsala	2011
3rd	157	CL White & KC Sangakkara	DC	PWI	Cuttack	2012
4th	131	CH Gayle & AB de Villiers	RCB	KXIP	Mohali	2012
5th	130*	OA Shah & AD Mathews	KKR	DC	Mumbai DYP	2010
6th	122*	AT Rayudu & KA Pollard	MI	RCB	Bangalore	2012
7th	60	RA Jadeja & SK Warne	RR	KXIP	Cape Town	2009
8th	53*	R McLaren & Harbhajan Singh	MI	DC	Mumbai DYP	2010
9th	36	Harbhajan Singh & AN Ahmed	MI	CSK	Chennai	2010
10th	29*	SK Trivedi & MM Patel	RR	DD	Bloemfontein	2009

Highest partnerships

Runs	Wkt	Batsmen	For	Vs	Venue	Year
206	2nd	AC Gilchrist & SE Marsh	KXIP	RCB	Dharamsala	2011
204*	2nd	CH Gayle & V Kohli	RCB	DD	Delhi	2012
189*	2nd	DA Warner & NV Ojha	DD	DC	Hyderabad	2012
167*	2nd	HH Gibbs & RG Sharma	MI	KKR	Kolkata	2012
163*	1st	SR Tendulkar & DR Smith	MI	RR	Jaipur	2012
159	1st	MEK Hussey & M Vijay	CSK	RCB	Chennai	2011
157	3rd	CL White & KC Sangakkara	DC	PWI	Cuttack	2012
155*	1st	AC Gilchrist & VVS Laxman	DC	MI	Mumbai DYP	2008
152*	2nd	JH Kallis & G Gambhir	KKR	RR	Jaipur	2011
152	3rd	M Vijay & JA Morkel	CSK	RR	Chennai	2010