Gowtham K, the hard-hitting all-rounder who has become a fixture for Lucknow Super Giants since 2022, brings explosive batting and handy off-spin to every IPL contest. Across 27 innings he has smashed 247 runs at a blazing strike-rate of 166, translating to a boundary every 4.5 balls when you combine his 15 fours and 17 sixes. His 33 not out remains the highest score, but it is the ability to clear the ropes—nearly one six for every nine balls faced—that makes him such a valuable lower-order finisher. With the ball Gowtham has sent down 588 deliveries over 35 bowling innings, claiming 21 wickets at an economy of 8.24 and a strike-rate of 28.00. Although he is yet to register a three-wicket haul, his knack for breaking partnerships is evident in his two-wicket bursts that have stalled many a batting side. Since debuting with Rajasthan Royals in 2018, moving to Punjab Kings in 2020, and now anchoring the LSG spin department, the Karnataka cricketer has evolved into a genuine impact player whose six-hitting flair and wicket-taking ability can flip matches in the death overs.

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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