A Mhatre exploded onto the IPL stage in 2025 with Chennai Super Kings, announcing himself as one of the most fearless young batters in the league. Across seven innings the 24-year-old hammered 240 runs off 127 balls, striking at a blistering 188 – the kind of strike-rate that redefines death-overs batting. Forty-two of those runs came from 31 fours and 11 sixes, a ratio that showcases both precision and power. His standout knock arrived against Delhi when he fell six short of a maiden hundred, carving 94 off 43 balls to flip a chase on its head. Though centuries remain on the bucket list, Mhatre’s first campaign already features a half-century and a highest score that sits just under triple figures, proof that big hundreds are inevitable. With zero wickets and no bowling duties assigned, the message from CSK is clear: Mhatre is a specialist game-changer with the bat, and every ball he faces is an event worth tuning in for.

Chris Gayle IPL story: 13 seasons, 4 965 runs, 357 sixes and one unforgettable 175. The self-styled “Universe Boss” walked into IPL 2009 with Kolkata Knight Riders, but it was at Royal Challengers Bengaluru from 2011-2017 that he became a global T20 icon—belting 404 fours and 357 sixes overall at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 148. In 141 innings he cleared the rope once every 9.3 balls and produced 31 half-centuries plus six blistering hundreds, the most famous being his record 175* off 66 balls at the Chinnaswamy in 2013. After his Bengaluru fireworks, Gayle took his power game to Punjab Kings, turning up in orange from 2018 to 2021 and continuing to pepper boundaries with the same ruthless ease. While he rolled his arm over occasionally—18 wickets in 38 bowling innings—his narrative is written in soaring sixes and match-winning hundreds that re-defined T20 batting forever.

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