Karun Nair IPL journey spans ten seasons from 2013 to 2025, with the Karnataka right-hander amassing 1,694 runs at a brisk strike rate of 131. Having opened or anchored for five different franchises—Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and now Delhi Capitals—Nair has built a reputation for fearless batting in the top order. His 76 innings feature 185 fours and 49 sixes, translating to almost one boundary every five balls, while 11 half-centuries underline his knack for converting starts. The 89 not out remains his highest score, a knock that showcased his ability to accelerate late. After standout seasons with Punjab Kings where he crossed 300 runs twice, Nair returns to Delhi Capitals in 2025 looking to reignite the form that once made him one of the league’s most promising anchors.

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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