IPL 2024 debutant Vidwath Kaverappa announced his arrival with a two-wicket burst in his only outing for Punjab Kings, giving fantasy managers a 12-ball strike-rate glimpse of what the 24-year-old Karnataka quick can deliver. Bowling the full four-over quota against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the right-armer squeezed 36 runs while claiming the scalps of in-form batters, showing that he can hit the hard lengths even on a batting-friendly strip. With a career-best 2 for 36 already to his name, Kaverappa’s 9.00 economy and wicket-every-12-balls strike-rate underline why Punjab invested in his raw pace ahead of mega-auction season. Still uncapped after one season, the lanky seamer carries the promise of more three-fers and match-turning spells whenever he gets the new rock in hand.

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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