Daniel Vettori IPL profile: the left-arm spin maestro who strangled batters in 34 bowling innings across five seasons (2008-2012) for Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Operating at a frugal economy of 6.79, the Kiwi great conceded only 879 runs from 777 balls, pocketing 28 wickets at a strike-rate of 27.75. Twice he struck the decisive blow three times in an innings, while his career-best figures of 3 for 21 came in the colours of RCB. With the bat Vettori was a handy lower-order contributor, smashing 11 fours and 2 sixes in his 121 IPL runs, striking at 107 and peaking at an unbeaten 29. From Delhi to Bengaluru, Daniel Vettori’s control, guile and economy remained the gold standard for IPL spinners.

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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