Swapnil K Singh IPL profile: 2024 Royal Challengers Bengaluru left-arm spinner who has quietly evolved into a match-turning asset across four seasons. His 2024 campaign showcased the sharpest version of his game—seven wickets in 14 bowling innings, including a best of 2-for, delivered at a tight economy of 8.93 and a decisive strike-rate of 23.14. Over 162 balls he conceded just 241 runs, showing the control that RCB craved in the middle overs. While his primary value lies with the ball, the all-rounder also flexed muscle with the bat—51 runs off 45 balls at a 113 strike-rate, peppered with three fours and three sixes. The left-hander’s cameos have already produced game-changing momentum shifts, most notably his 15-run blitz that remains his highest score. Having started with Punjab Kings in 2016 and 2017, then turning out for Lucknow Super Giants in 2023, Swapnil’s 2024 move to RCB has completed his tour of three franchises—each stop sharpening the skills that today make him a genuine three-dimensional threat in fantasy and real-world XIs alike.

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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