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| SL. No. | Player | Runs | Balls | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Umesh Yadav | 31 | 10 | 310 | India | v South Africa | Ranchi | 19 Oct 2019 |
| 2 | Stephen Fleming | 31* | 11 | 281.81 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 |
| 3 | RJ Harris | 25 | 9 | 277.77 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 6 Jan 2015 |
| 4 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 29 | 11 | 263.63 | Sri Lanka | v India | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 5 | Keith Boyce | 26 | 10 | 260 | West Indies | v England | Port of Spain | 2 Feb 1974 |
| 6 | Nixon McLean | 31 | 12 | 258.33 | West Indies | v South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 10 Dec 1998 |
| 7 | Abdur Razzak | 43 | 17 | 252.94 | Bangladesh | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 4 Aug 2011 |
| 8 | Umesh Yadav | 25* | 10 | 250 | India | v Bangladesh | Indore | 14 Nov 2019 |
| 9 | Moeen Ali | 43 | 18 | 238.88 | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Feb 2021 |
| 10 | Bill Howell | 35 | 15 | 233.33 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 14 Feb 1902 |
Test Cricket is mostly known for its maiden overs and five-wicket hauls but players like Umesh Yadav and Stephen Fleming have given it a completely different dimension and are in the list of highest batting strike rate in test.
