Tim David IPL record: 846 runs in 44 innings, 173 strike-rate, 60 sixes and 54 fours tell the story of a six-hitting specialist who turns every 2.8 balls into a boundary or maximum. Having worn both Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians colours across five seasons, the Singapore-born finisher re-joined RCB in 2025 after three explosive years with MI. His lone half-century—a 50*—came at a pace that underlined his role as a death-over destroyer, while his 60 towering sixes rank among the most for any non-opener in the competition. With zero wickets and no bowling duties, David’s value is purely with the willow: he scores at nearly two runs a ball, clears ropes more often than he finds gaps, and has become a must-watch power-hitter whenever the slog overs arrive.

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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