IPL 2025: A Kamboj’s meteoric rise as Chennai Super Kings’ new-ball enforcer In just two seasons, A Kamboj has shifted the spotlight from his modest batting cameos to a breakout bowling master-class. Across 11 innings for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, the right-arm quick has rattled 10 wickets in 189 balls, returning a snappy strike-rate of 18.9 and a best of 3 for 28. His solitary three-wicket burst—against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk—helped CSK defend 190 and underlined why the franchise traded him from Mumbai Indians after IPL 2024. Kamboj’s economy of 9.08 is aggressive rather than reckless; he backs yorkers and hard-lengths that concede boundaries but harvest wickets. The 10 scalps include power-play openers and death-over finishers, showcasing versatility across phases. Those numbers gain context when viewed alongside his cameo batting: 16 runs off 14 balls with two fours, a strike-rate of 114, and a highest score of 5—figures that tell the story of a bowler who bats only when the situation demands. From donning Mumbai blue in 2024 to forging Chennai yellow in 2025, Kamboj’s journey is one of rapid adaptation. With 10 wickets already this season and a best haul of 3 for, fantasy managers and analysts alike are tagging him as the dark-horse for IPL 2025 Purple Cap contention.

Suryakumar Yadav – the man universally known as “SKY” – has spent 13 electrifying IPL seasons turning the 22-yard strip into his personal launchpad. Across 151 innings he has blazed 4,311 runs from 2,900 balls, a strike-rate of 148 that underlines relentless aggression rather than mere accumulation. The right-hander has cleared the ropes 168 times and found the fence another 454 instances, giving him more than one boundary every fifth legal delivery he faces. Two centuries and 29 half-centuries – including a career-best 103 – sit on his résumé, proving that the pyrotechnics are backed by substance when the team needs a big knock. SKY’s journey began with Mumbai Indians in 2012, shifted to Kolkata Knight Riders for four productive years, then returned to the blue-and-gold in 2018. Since that homecoming he has worn the MI colours every single season up to 2025, becoming the heartbeat of the middle order at the Wankhede. With 4,311 runs he now sits among the league’s elite run-getters, and the fact that he has done it at a near-150 strike-rate makes the record even more formidable. Whether scooping over short fine-leg, sweeping fast bowlers, or muscling sixes into the stands, Suryakumar Yadav has re-defined 360-degree batting in the IPL and shows no signs of slowing down.

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