K Nithish Kumar Reddy has quietly evolved into one of the most explosive Indian finishers in IPL 2025, piling up 485 runs from 365 balls across three seasons with Sunrisers Hyderabad. The right-hander’s fearless approach shows in a strike-rate of 132 and 25 clean sixes—more than one every three overs he faces—while 31 boundaries keep the scoreboard ticking. His twin half-centuries, topped by a 76-run blitz, underline an ability to convert starts into match-defining cameos. Though primarily picked for his batting pyrotechnics, Reddy’s occasional off-cutters have already claimed five wickets in 139 balls. Operating at an economy of 10.96, he has never let the asking rate drift, while a best of 2 for 39 shows he can break partnerships when the captain tosses him the ball. After three straight years in the Orange Army set-up, the 2023-25 arc proves continuity breeds confidence: every season he has stayed with Sunrisers Hyderabad, his boundary count and six-hitting frequency have climbed. With 22 innings of evidence and no signs of slowing down, Nithish Kumar Reddy is fast becoming the go-to impact player for SRH in crunch middle-overs situations.

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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