Rajvardhan Hangargekar burst onto the IPL stage in 2023 wearing Chennai Super Kings yellow, and in just two bowling innings the 20-year-old Maharashtra quick showed why MS Dhoni’s side invested in him. Across 36 balls he rattled out three scalps, including a three-wicket burst that announced his arrival. Operating at a strike rate of 12.00 – one wicket every two overs – Hangargekar kept batters guessing with speeds in the high 140s and a clever slower ball. Though he leaked ten runs an over, the raw numbers tell a story of impact: 60 runs conceded for three priceless breakthroughs, including a match-turning 3-for that underlined his knack for striking in clusters. With one three-wicket haul already in his debut season, the right-arm pacer has given CSK a home-grown option who can swing the new ball and nail yorkers at the death. Expect Rajvardhan Hangargekar to build on these eye-catching 2023 figures when the IPL caravan rolls back in 2024.

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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