E Malinga IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s new-ball destroyer who struck early and often. In only seven innings the Sri Lankan speed-gun scorched 160 balls into the opposition, returning 13 priceless wickets at a sensational strike-rate of one scalp every 12.31 deliveries. His economy read 8.92 runs an over, but the real story is how quickly he broke partnerships—three-wicket burst in one spell, peak figures of 3-for in a single match. Malinga’s 2025 IPL season is a master-class in pace precision, proving that even a short campaign can leave a lasting impact when yorkers talk louder than numbers.

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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