Vivrant Sharma lit up IPL 2023 with a fearless 69 off 47 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad, smashing nine fours and two sixes at a blistering strike-rate of 146. The Jammu & Kashmir left-hander’s solitary innings showcased why he is rated as a future batting star—he raced to a maiden half-century and walked unbeaten, having scored every run his team managed that evening. With no centuries yet but a highest score that matches his aggregate, Sharma is the embodiment of explosive intent at the top. While he rolled his arm over for two brief overs, leaking 37 runs without a wicket, his primary impact remains with the willow. One season, one knock, 69 runs—Vivrant Sharma’s IPL story has only just begun, and the numbers already hint at fireworks ahead.

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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