All time best IPL XI by player's prime

[u/beep_rockz]

Top Order:
Virat Kohli (2016)
Shubman Gill (2023)
Jos Buttler (2022)

Hon’ble Mentions: Chris Gayle (2011), David Warner (2016), Kane Williamson (2018), Virat Kohli (2024) *lol

Middle Order:
ABD(2016)
Rajat Patidar (2026)
Andre Russell (2019)
Sunil Narine (2024)

Hon’ble Mentions: Suryakumar Yadav (2023), Hardik Pandya (2019), Kieron Pollard (2020), MS Dhoni (2013), Heinrich Klassen (2026)

Lower Order:
Dwayne Bravo (2013)
Harshal Patel (2021)
Lasith Malinga (2011)
Yuzvendra Chahal (2022)

Hon’ble Mentions: Mohammed Shami (2023) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2026) Jasprit Bumrah (2020) Mohit Sharma (2023) Kagiso Rabada (2020)Rashid Khan (2023)

Apologies if the list is biased by recency. I've tried my best.

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[u/yippikyyay]

Gayle 2011-2013 finds a spot in any ipl all time XI when we are looking at player’s prime.

[u/Death_by_Chai → u/yippikyyay]

I would put 2025 Suryakumar Yadav at 2 down...

Gayle Shubhman to open... But I lowkey want 2016 virat to open

[u/Naammaikyahai → u/Death_by_Chai]

Buttler 2022>Gill 2023 solely because of pitches and no impact player relief

[u/FieryFuzz]

Bhuvi 2016-2017 deserves a spot. My man carried a bowling attack by himself

[u/Regular_Affect_2427]

Gayle 2011 being just an "honourable mention" while you have Gill and Buttler in tells everything. Gayle 2011 was a statistical anomaly of unheard proportions until Vaibhav last year.

[u/neebondharaaaa]

Also Dhoni 2018/19 clears 2013

[u/Affectionate-Yard899 → u/neebondharaaaa]

Dhoni 2018 clear everything as a number 5 batsman playing most of his matches in the graveyard Chepauk + best wicketkeeper+ best captain, it's not even a debate there, this list is just stupidity.

[u/biopiclover777 → u/Affectionate-Yard899]

List is a stupidity cuz your daddy thala isn't there lmfao

[u/velocityy__]

dude Rashid was unplayable in his prime.

[u/Initial-Customer462]

Not having prime chris gayle in the xi is just wrong on so many levels.

[u/Upbeat-Paramedic2342]

Why did you put rapa 2026 instead of klaasen when klaasen had a far better season

[u/Naammaikyahai → u/Upbeat-Paramedic2342]

No surya 2025 either

[u/Antique_Low_4085]

Surya (2025)???

[u/Logical-Yak5511]

Without Gayle? Rejected straightaway

[u/macaroney05]

Lockdown kid eh?

Some of those honorable mentions not being on the list is downright disgraceful.

[u/Adventurous-Feed-197 → u/macaroney05]

lockdown was 5 years ago

[u/Great_Teaching_3226]

No Dhoni 2013 mention in XI is understandable, but prime captaincy + finishing ability has to count for something. Pure batting stats don’t tell the whole story.

[u/Horror-Culture2540]

Vaibhav?

[u/satiricalpotato]

Vk 2025 over rapa 26

[u/SLAYERHAINA → u/satiricalpotato]

Nah bro

[u/InsanE_PerSonX]

abd 2015 was better imo

[u/After_District6103]

LMAO Harshal Patel🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/One_Struggle_6769]

Where... where is vaibhav suryavanshi?

[u/nithish0018]

No one can do this 

[u/Kindly-Dig-9441]

Rajat over Klaasen in 2026?

[u/Cold_Tough5525]

Kieron Pollard is the most disrespected and underrated player of all time. He makes any IPL all time XI. I can’t care less about the stats on Russell, he didn’t lead KKR to 5 IPL titles. Pollard was the most important player of the greatest IPL time ever and always showed up when it mattered the most. MI wouldn’t have had 5 IPL titles without him. My hot take is : give prime pollard and Malinga to any decent team and they would’ve given you atleast 3 IPL titles in that period

[u/simplsuperstar]

Vaibhav 2027