Dale Steyn IPL journey: 11 seasons, 97 wickets, 22.43 strike-rate, 6.92 economy—South Africa’s speed king tormented batsmen from 2008 to 2020. Bursting onto the scene with Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2008, Steyn claimed 97 wickets in 95 bowling innings, firing in 2 176 balls and conceding only 2 508 runs. His blistering 22.43 strike-rate underlines a wicket every 3.7 overs, while a frugal economy of 6.92 kept even power-hitters on a leash. Eight three-wicket bursts showed his love for timely breakthroughs, and although he never reached a five-for, his peak of 3 for 18 in 2010 became a YouTube classic. After spearheading RCB attacks in 2008, 2009 and 2010, Steyn moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad from 2011-2015, morphing the franchise into a bowling fortress at the death. A brief 2016 cameo with Gujarat Titans preceded a victorious return to RCB in 2019-2020, where he closed the curtain on his IPL legacy. With the bat Steyn was a handy lower-order slugger—167 runs off 160 balls, 14 boundaries and 3 sixes, highest 19. Yet the real story is the raw pace and pinpoint yorkers that made Dale Steyn one of IPL’s most feared fast bowlers.

Sunil Narine IPL profile: 14 seasons, 192 wickets, 1780 runs, one-man match engine Sunil Narine has become the definitive two-phase weapon in IPL history, piling up 192 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders while striking at 22.63 balls per scalp and keeping the economy to a miserly 6.8. The off-spinner has tortured batters with 16 three-wicket bursts and one five-wicket demolition, landing telling blows in 187 bowling innings since 2012. Yet Narine’s story is not just about the ball. Promoted up the order, he has smashed 1780 runs at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 166, peppering 189 fours and 116 sixes. His lone IPL hundred—an unbeaten 109—arrived off just 56 balls, proving he can flip a chase in the space of an over. Seven fifties and a highest score of 109 add layers to a batting record that few specialist bowlers can rival. From season one in 2012 to the 2025 campaign, Narine has worn only one jersey: KKR purple and gold. That loyalty has delivered both numbers and narrative—4345 balls of mystery spin, 1069 balls of audacious hitting, and countless moments when Eden Gardens rose to its feet for the ultimate IPL double threat.

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