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.

Hardik Pandya IPL career story: 11 seasons, 2749 runs at a 146 strike-rate, 148 sixes, 10 half-centuries Hardik Pandya has been one of the Indian Premier League’s most explosive batting all-rounders since his 2015 debut with Mumbai Indians. Across 140 innings he has unleashed 2,749 runs off just 1,871 balls, translating to a fearsome strike-rate of 146—the sort of number that turns middle-overs into match-winning passages. He has cleared the ropes 148 times and found the boundary another 207 times, underlining why captains post straight long-on and deep mid-wicket for him from ball one. His highest score of 91 and ten half-centuries show he can both finish innings and anchor them when required. While Pandya’s primary currency is runs, he has also delivered 78 wickets in 107 bowling innings, including one five-for and five three-wicket bursts. Operating at an economy of 9.18 and a strike-rate of 20.87, he often bowls the difficult overs at the death, trusting his cutters and the slower ball. Having represented Mumbai Indians for eight of his eleven campaigns and captained Gujarat Titans to the 2022 title, Pandya’s dual-skill value has made him a marquee name every mega auction.

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