Gerald Coetzee has stormed through two IPL campaigns (2024 with Mumbai Indians, 2025 with Gujarat Titans) as a pace-bowling match-winner. In 14 bowling innings he has snapped 15 wickets at a strike-rate of 18.2 balls per scalp, twice rattling the opposition with three-wicket bursts. His quickest burst came at a four-wicket haul, sending a clear message to top-orders that he hunts in clusters. Operating at 10.37 runs per over, Coetzee backs aggression with accuracy, hurling 273 balls and conceding 472 runs while constantly asking questions with pace and bounce. With the willow he is a handy lower-order striker: 31 runs off 33 balls, laced with 2 fours and 2 sixes, shows he can clear the ropes when needed. His highest score of 12* has already proved vital in tight chases, and a strike-rate of 93 keeps scoreboard pressure on the fielding side. In 2025, wearing the Gujarat Titans colours, Coetzee looks primed to better his numbers and add more three-wicket shows to his growing IPL highlight reel.

Hardik Pandya IPL career story: 11 seasons, 2749 runs at a 146 strike-rate, 148 sixes, 10 half-centuries Hardik Pandya has been one of the Indian Premier League’s most explosive batting all-rounders since his 2015 debut with Mumbai Indians. Across 140 innings he has unleashed 2,749 runs off just 1,871 balls, translating to a fearsome strike-rate of 146—the sort of number that turns middle-overs into match-winning passages. He has cleared the ropes 148 times and found the boundary another 207 times, underlining why captains post straight long-on and deep mid-wicket for him from ball one. His highest score of 91 and ten half-centuries show he can both finish innings and anchor them when required. While Pandya’s primary currency is runs, he has also delivered 78 wickets in 107 bowling innings, including one five-for and five three-wicket bursts. Operating at an economy of 9.18 and a strike-rate of 20.87, he often bowls the difficult overs at the death, trusting his cutters and the slower ball. Having represented Mumbai Indians for eight of his eleven campaigns and captained Gujarat Titans to the 2022 title, Pandya’s dual-skill value has made him a marquee name every mega auction.

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