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IPL quiz challenges fans to name players with 2,500-day comebacks

From a leggie's double franchise feat to an all-rounder's 17-year return, this quiz uncovers the IPL's most astonishing comebacks. Do you remember them all?

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Quiz! Longest gaps between consecutive IPL appearances for the same team

IPL quiz challenges fans to name players with 2,500-day comebacks

An Indian all-rounder set a new record in the third match of the 2026 IPL, as he made an appearance for the Rajasthan Royals for the first time in nearly 17 years.

His mark of 6,158 days between the two matches went past the previous record of 5,093 held by a leg spinner for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The leggie is one of two players to appear on this list for two different teams.

In this quiz, you have to name every player to have logged a gap of 2,500 days or more between consecutive appearances for an IPL franchise. To help, we have provided the franchises, the dates of the two consecutive matches and the gap (in days) between them.

There are 26 names, and you have five minutes. Good luck!

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