Murali Vijay – The big match player-Murali Vijay had a great role to play at a time when its a do or die situation for the team. Talking about his innings of 95 in the final of IPL 2011 or his century in the second qualifier against Delhi Daredevils in 2012, Vijay stood up for the team whenever the team needed a player to take the reigns right from the start.
Vijay’s services were acquired by the team in the second edition of IPL in the year 2009. From then, he has played a total of 64 games in which his run-count shows a number of exactly 1600 which he churned out at an average of 26.66 at a strike rate of 127.89.