Sri Lanka’s speed merchant Dushmantha Chameera has quietly turned into one of the Indian Premier League’s most reliable death-over specialists across three campaigns. Since 2022, when he first turned up for Lucknow Super Giants, the right-arm quick has rattled 13 batsmen in 19 IPL bowling innings, never needing more than two scalps in an evening to tilt a match. His quickest burst came at a strike-rate of 29.54 balls per wicket, while an economy of 9.84 runs per over underlines the high-risk, high-reward philosophy Delhi Capitals invested in when they secured his services for IPL 2025. Chameera’s journey through the tournament mirrors a traveller collecting souvenirs: 2022 with Lucknow, 2024 with Kolkata Knight Riders and now Delhi, the 28-year-old has learnt three different dressing-room cultures yet kept his numbers eerily consistent—630 runs conceded off 384 deliveries shows how often captains throw him the ball at the death. Despite the pressure, he has kept his three-wicket hauls at zero simply because he rarely gets a fourth over; 12 of his 19 spells have been three overs or fewer. With the bat, Chameera is a late-order dasher who has muscled 53 runs at a strike-rate of 126, clearing the rope three times and finding the boundary on three other occasions. His top score of 17 not out came during a cameo that reminded opponents he is no bunny at No. 9 or 10. As Delhi Capitals chase their first IPL title in 2025, Chameera’s ability to combine a pinpoint yorker with the occasional 145-plus thunderbolt will be central to their plans. Expect the name Dushmantha Chameera to trend every time the equation reads 30 runs off 12 balls—because that is exactly when the speedster starts scripting his latest IPL story.

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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