An experienced campaigner, Shreyas Gopal is a utility player who brings a lot to the table. An aggressive leg-spinner who can pick up wickets in the middle overs, Gopal can provide crucial contributions with the bat in the lower-middle order as well. He is one of those rare bowlers to have claimed a TATA IPL hat-trick, with his scalps including Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Marcus Stoinis. The Karnataka-born leg-spinner was part of the Mumbai Indians squad that lifted the IPL trophy in 2015. CSK secured him at his base price of INR 30 Lakh at the 2025 TATA IPL Auction. Gopal is a veteran on the domestic circuit and has picked up more than 430 wickets across first-class and List-A cricket along with his six hundreds in first-class cricket. The 32-year-old has 52 wickets in as many games in the IPL, with best bowling figures of 4/16. The 2019 season, during which he picked up 20 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 17.35 and a healthy economy rate of 7.22, is the highlight of his IPL career so far.