Dhruv Chand Jurel IPL profile: Rajasthan Royals’ wicket-keeper batter has become one of the most explosive finishers in the league. Across three seasons with RR—from 2023 to 2025—Jurel has stacked 680 runs off just 442 balls, translating to a strike-rate of 153. His boundary-hitting ability is headline-worthy: 51 fours and 38 sixes in 35 innings mean every 5.2 balls he clears the rope or finds the fence. The youngster has four half-centuries to his name, with a top score of 70*, underlining his knack for turning cameos into match-defining knocks. Jurel’s progression has been steady: debut season flashes, a breakout 2024 and a statement-making 2025 where he kept the Royals’ lower-middle order ticking. In 2025 alone he continued to don the pink and blue of RR, proving his worth as a core long-term asset. With no bowling duties, his sole focus is dismantling bowling attacks late in the innings—a role he has mastered with fearless stroke-play and smart running between the wickets.

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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