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.

Rashid Khan IPL Story: 158 wickets in 9 seasons, 7.09 economy, 20.18 strike-rate—numbers that make Gujarat Titans’ Afghan superstar the league’s most feared spinner. Since 2017 with Sunrisers Hyderabad and from 2022 onwards with GT, Rashid has bowled 3 189 balls, conceding only 3 766 runs while claiming 4-wicket hauls four times and 16 three-fors. His economy stays under-par even on belters, and every 20th ball produces a scalp, keeping middle-overs on lockdown. When the situation demands, Rashid swings long too: 585 runs at 160 strike-rate, 41 fours joined by 41 sixes, a lone fifty and a 79 not-out that remind rivals he is no tail-ender. Across 136 bowling innings and 66 batting knocks, the 2025 season marks his fifth straight in Titans colours, confirming GT’s faith in cricket’s premier T20 wrist-spinner.

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