R Shreyas Gopal has quietly become one of the IPL’s most reliable spinners, a nine-season journey that has taken him from Mumbai Indians rookie in 2014 to trusted tweaker for the same franchise again in 2024. Across 51 bowling innings he has snapped 52 wickets, striking every 19.06 balls—proof that he attacks rather than contains. Five times he has broken the opposition’s back with three-wicket bursts, and his best figures of 4 for showcase the leg-breaks that dip, turn and hurry batsmen at an economy of 8.17. While the bat has not been his primary weapon, the 180 runs he has scavenged at a strike-rate of 106 underlines his value as a lower-order contributor who can clear the rope—two sixes already—and find the boundary 19 times when quick runs are non-negotiable. Highest score of 24 not-out tells the story of a man who bats for the team sheet, not the spotlight. From Rajasthan Royals’ mainstay between 2018-2021 to Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2022 and back to Mumbai Indians in 2024, Gopal’s adaptability has kept him relevant across three franchises and nine seasons. With 991 balls of experience and a habit of striking in clusters, expect Shreyas Gopal to remain a silent match-winner in the middle overs of IPL 2024 and beyond.

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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