The 2024 edition of the IPL is promising to be one of the most watched cricketing events as it is going to be followed by the T20 World Cup. The world will get a sneak peak of what to expect when cricketers from the IPL go back to represent their team in the T20 World Cup mega event later this year in the USA and West Indies.

Here is a look of the top 10 most dangerous Batsmen in the IPL

Heinrich Klaasen

T20 Format has reinvented this South African who has already lit the 2024 IPL season on fire with back-to-back swashbuckling innings in the opening 2 matches for the Sun Risers Hyderabad. While his contribution in the first match ended up in a losing cause, his second knock of 34 balls 80 runs helped SRH post IPL’s Best ever team score of 277 runs.

He is a big boundary hitter and has more sixes than fours and currently in the best form of his career. SRH will bank on the south African to take them to the playoffs this season

Heinrich Klaasen has hit 53 sixes in 16 innings in 2024 alone which is the highest this year.

Surya Kumar Yadav

Currently nursing an injury, the number one ICC ranked best T20 batter is badly missed by the Mumbai Indians team after their back-to-back opening game loses.

Sky has been the go-to batsman for the MI team and his unorthodox batting style helps him to take full advantage in the batting friendly conditions in the IPL.

Jos Butler

With form not currently in his favor, Jos Butler remains one of the most destructive batsmen in the T20 format.

He is a batsman who prefers to play the long innings and is extremely dangerous in the slog overs.

Andre Russell

After couple of years being in and out of cricket due to injuries Andre Russel is now fully fit and KKR’s biggest weapon to take them into the playoffs.

A fully fit Andre Russel can give the team some fiery spells while bowling and then unleash himself in the latter half of the innings with the bat.

Andre Russel is considered amongst cricketers who hit the cricket ball the hardest. His experience playing in multiple T20 tournament makes him a specialist in this format.

He prefers to play the last 5 overs giving him the license to go berserk from the word go.

David Warner

The veteran Australian recently retired from Test and ODI cricket for his national team. He also led the Dubai Capitals in the ILT20 league and will be playing in Australian colours during the T20 World Cup in June

David Warner has won the highest number of Orange caps in IPL history.

He along with Mitchel Marsh makes a formidable opening pair.

Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand’s sensation is debuting in the IPL this season and he will be a player to watch out for. Having proven his consistency in the longer format of the game, experts believe he is one of the contenders for the orange cap for this year’s IPL.

Rachin has impressed in the first 2 games for CSK and is expected to continue to give CSK great starts.

Rinku Singh

Last season sensation Rinku Singh did the unthinkable by hitting 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the innings. His consistency in the late order batting gave him a shot at the national team and will most probably be part of the India T20 World Cup squad.

Rinku is strong against both pace and spin which makes him ainvaluable asset for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Liam Livingstone

Liam Livingstone has been under the radar for the last couple of years in international cricket but he is one of the most dangerous players in the various Franchise T20 tournaments he plays.

A good IPL for this dangerous batsman will open the doors for him in the England T20 World Cup Squad.

He has also slammed 6 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 94 runs. Liam Livingstone has hit 61 fours and 63 sixes in his IPL career. In the IPL Auction 2024, the Punjab franchise acquired the services of Liam Livingstone for Rs 11.50 Cr.

Glen Maxwell

Glen Maxwell is one of the fastest scorers in the limited format game. He plays fearless cricket and his unconventional methods of batting as earned him the nick name the “Big Show”.

The Big show is in red hot form and had a wonderful world cup this year. He also scored a Double hundred even after suffering from cramps.

He saves his best for his IPL Franchise Royal Challengers Bangaluru and for the Australian side making him one of the players to watch in the 2024 IPL Season.

Nicholas Pooran

Nicholas Pooran is one of the most exciting batsmen from the West Indies. T20 Format suits his style of batting and this earned him the captaincy for the West indies Team who will host the 2024 T20 World Cup.

After starting in the IPL quite strong, injuries have plagued this south paw who will be eager to add fire power in an already power packed batting order to the Lucknow Super Giants.

Nicholas Pooran performance will be crucial for Lucknow Super Giantsif they fancy to make a hat trick to reach the play offsthis season