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.

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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