David Wiese IPL profile: the Namibia all-rounder who turns games with both bat and ball. In 15 bowling innings across three seasons (2015, 2016, 2023) with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders, Wiese has snapped 16 wickets at a strike-rate of 18.5 balls per scalp, including a best of 4/33. Operating at an economy of 8.92, he has kept hitters honest for 296 deliveries while conceding 440 runs. When the stage flips, Wiese’s 148 runs off 101 balls showcase a fearless 146 strike-rate—punctuated by 12 fours and 7 sixes—with a top score of 47. Eleven batting innings have seen him finish unbeaten on multiple occasions, underlining his finishing skills. From 2015 to 2023, David Wiese remains one of IPL’s most reliable utility players, capable of shifting momentum with either discipline.

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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