Lasith Malinga is the IPL’s ultimate yorker king. Across nine seasons—all in Mumbai Indians colours from 2009 to 2019—he scalped 170 wickets in 122 innings, never letting batters breathe at a stunning strike-rate of 16.63 balls per wicket. The sling-armed Sri Lankan terrorised line-ups with 18 three-wicket bursts and a memorable five-for, conceding only 7.15 runs an over despite bowling 2,827 balls of unforgiving yorkers and slower ones at the death. Malinga’s mastery peaked when he nipped out four overs for just 5.1 runs each, a record economy for any 170-wicket bowler in the league’s history. With the bat he was a handy lower-order pinch-hitter, smashing five sixes and six fours in 20 innings for 88 quick runs at a strike-rate of 88. Yet it is with the ball that Malinga became Mumbai’s heartbeat, lifting four IPL titles and finishing as the franchise’s all-time leading wicket-taker—an unbreakable legacy built on 170 scalps, 18 three-fors and one spell for the ages.

Dilhara Fernando IPL story: 17 wickets in 10 innings at a strike-rate of 13.76, best figures of 4/29, and a frugal economy of 7.64 across two seasons with Mumbai Indians. The Sri Lankan quick, who last turned out in 2010, tormented top-orders in both 2008 and 2010, collecting a three-wicket haul once. With the bat he was sparingly used, facing only three balls for four runs, but his real value lay in the 234 white-ball deliveries that fetched those 17 scalps at an impact every 14th ball.

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