Anderson Cummins has quietly evolved into one of IPL’s most bankable all-phase match-winners, combining late-order carnage with death-overs control. Across eight seasons—2025 still unfolding in Sunrisers Hyderabad orange—he has hammered 612 runs off just 402 balls, striking at a blistering 152. Forty-one sixes and 39 fours punctuate those knocks, three of which raced past the fifty-run mark and peaked at a 66-run high. Yet it is with the ball that Cummins truly tilts games. Seventy-nine wickets from 72 innings at a strike rate of 20.47 tell only half the story: eight separate three-wicket bursts, 1,617 balls of relentless pressure, and an economy of 8.81 even at the death. His four-wicket haul remains the headline number, proof that when Cummins smells blood he rarely lets innings breathe. From Kolkata Knight Riders’ purple strongholds (2014-15, 2020-22) to Delhi Capitals’ 2017 chapter and now the orange surge with Sunrisers Hyderabad (2024-25), franchises have banked on the Barbadian’s dual threat. Whether clearing ropes in the final over or nailing yorkers to seal 20-run wins, Anderson Cummins keeps delivering clutch performances that swing both scorecards and seasons.

Ajinkya Rahane IPL journey spans 17 seasons, 183 innings and a mountain of 5,032 runs that have come off 4,025 balls at a brisk strike-rate of 125. The Mumbai-born right-hander has punished bowlers for 514 fours and 123 sixes, crossing fifty 33 times and reaching three figures on two memorable occasions, the highest being an unbeaten 105. After stints with Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant, Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, he is back with Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2025. While Rahane has rolled his arm over only once in the league, picking up a solitary wicket in a six-ball cameo that cost five runs, he remains celebrated as one of the league’s most technically sound and consistent top-order batsmen.

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