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Yuzvendra Chahal Rohit Sharma David Warner

YUZVENDRA CHAHAL KIERON POLLARD DWAYNE BRAVO
(Punjab Kings/Rajasthan Royals/Royal Challengers (Mumbai Indians) (Chennai Super Kings/Mumbai Indians/Gujarat Lions)
Bengaluru/Mumbai Indians)
he West Indies legend played a crucial role ne of the most successful names in fran-
chise cricket also boasts three IPL titles to
he top wicket-taker in IPL history, with 211 in MI’s five title wins from 2013 to 2020, Ohis name, with CSK winning in 2011, 2018,
wickets in 166 matches at an average of 22.73, Tmarking one of the best periods for any team and 2021. With 1,560 runs in 161 matches, 113 in-
Twith a five-wicket haul to his name and best in any form of cricket. In 189 matches, he scored nings at an average of 22.60, five half-centuries and
figures of 5/40. He was part of the MI team which 3,412 runs at an average of 28.67 and a strike rate of 183 scalps at an average of 23.82 with best figures
won the IPL title in 2013, playing just one match. over 147, with 16 fifties. His best score is 87*. of 4/22 (sixth-highest wicket-taker ever), Bravo is
He also won the ‘Purple Cap’ for most wickets He also took 69 wickets at an average of 31.59, one of the best all-rounders in IPL history. He is
in the 2022 edition, with 27 scalps for the Rajas- with best figures of 4/44. also among the players who have won the Purple
than Royals (RR). Cap for most wickets twice.

Virat leads the league in runs, Chahal is top with wickets

s the league undergoes its 18th season, Australian southpaw David Warner, a destruc- Third on the list is KKR legend Sunil Na-
Virat Kohli stands as the highest run-scor- tive force at the top of the order, occupies the fourth rine. Since joining the franchise in 2012, Narine
Aer in IPL history. Representing just one spot. With 6,565 runs in 184 games, Warner has rep- has been a game-changer with both bat and ball.
franchise--Royal Challengers Bangalore--Kohli resented Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, He played a key role in KKR’s title triumphs in
has amassed an astounding 8,252 runs from 258 leading SRH to their maiden title in 2016. 2012, when he took 24 wickets, and in 2014, when
matches, including eight centuries and 58 fifties. Fifth on the list is Suresh Raina, the now-retired he took 21 wickets. In 2024, Narine had a dream
Remarkably, he has never missed a season for former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) stalwart. Raina season, scoring 488 runs and taking 17 wickets,
RCB, making him the league’s most loyal and scored 5,528 runs in 205 matches and also repre- helping KKR lift their third IPL title. In total, Na-
prolific batter. sented Gujarat Lions during CSK’s brief suspension rine has 187 wickets from 183 games. He was also
Just behind Kohli is veteran Indian opener from the league. adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the Season
Shikhar Dhawan, who has accumulated 6,769 On the bowling front, Yuzvendra Chahal leads thrice (2012, 2018, 2024).
runs in 222 matches. Unlike Kohli, Dhawan has the charts with 211 wickets in 166 matches. His IPL Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the swing specialist,
journeyed across five franchises: Mumbai Indians journey began with Mumbai Indians, but it was at also has 187 wickets, achieved across 181 match-
(MI), Deccan Chargers (DCH), Sunrisers Hyder- RCB where he truly flourished. Later, he represent- es. He has played for RCB, Pune Warriors India,
abad (SRH), Delhi Capitals (DC), and Punjab ed Rajasthan Royals, and in 2024, Punjab Kings se- and Sunrisers Hyderabad, winning the Purple
Kings (PBKS). cured his services for a whopping INR 18 crore. Cap twice in the process.
India’s five-time IPL-winning captain, Rohit Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla follows with Ravichandran Ashwin rounds off the top
Sharma, sits third on the list with 6,710 runs from 192 wickets in 192 games. A two-time IPL winner, five with 185 wickets in 218 matches. Ashwin has
263 matches. He has played for two teams--Dec- Chawla hit the winning runs in KKR’s 2012 final and donned the jerseys of Chennai Super Kings, Delhi
can Chargers and Mumbai Indians--and has lifted was also part of CSK’s victorious 2021 squad. He Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Rising Pune Supergi-
the trophy with both, cementing his status as one has also featured for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab ants, and Rajasthan Royals. In 2025, he returned to
of the league’s most successful players. Kings) and Mumbai Indians. CSK, reuniting with the franchise where it all began.

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