Ashish Nehra IPL career: 106 wickets in 88 innings, 14 three-wicket bursts, best 4 for 10, economy 7.85, strike-rate 18. Overs nine seasons from 2008 to 2017, the left-arm quick turned powerplay destroyer for Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, Pune Warriors, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. In 2015-16 he spearheaded CSK and SRH attacks, returning 24 wickets in 17 games. His 1908 balls cost only 2495 runs, a testament to discipline on Indian decks. With the bat Nehra was never the headline, yet 41 runs at 66 strike-rate and three fours plus one towering six show he could swing if needed. Highest score 22 off 14, 17 innings, no fifty but plenty of sting in the tail.

Brett Lee’s six-season IPL journey from 2008 to 2013 is best remembered for the thunderbolts he sent down, not the runs he scored. Across 38 bowling innings for Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, the Australian speed gun hurled 145.5 overs, snared 25 wickets and kept rival batsmen to a tidy 7.51 economy. His strike-rate of 35 balls per scalp underlines how quickly he broke partnerships, while his solitary three-wicket burst—3 for 32—remains the headline spell. With the bat Lee was used as a late-overs pinch-hitter; in 19 innings he muscled 124 runs at a strike-rate of 127, clearing the rope eight times and finding the boundary eight more. His highest IPL score of 25 off 12 balls against Delhi in 2010 showcased the same fearless intent he brought to his bowling. From wearing Kings’ red in 2008-2010 to donning Knight Riders’ purple in 2011-2013, Lee’s express pace and toe-crushing yorkers made him a marquee IPL import and a crowd-puller every time the speed gun flashed 150 kph.

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