South African storm Rilee Rossouw has lit up the IPL across four seasons, finishing the 2024 campaign with Punjab Kings after earlier stints with Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 22 innings the left-handed dasher has stacked 473 runs off just 308 balls, translating to a blistering strike-rate of 153. His boundary-hitting ledger—45 fours and 25 sixes—shows he clears the ropes almost every other over, while twin half-centuries and a career-best 82 underline his ability to turn starts into match-shaping cameos. Although he hasn’t broken into three-figure marks yet, Rossouw’s fearless approach makes him a designated finisher and a sought-after asset for any T20 side chasing late-over fireworks.

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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