Aniket Verma IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s six-hitting rookie who smashed 20 maximums in a single season Aniket Verma announced himself to the IPL in 2025 with the kind of fearless stroke-play that Sunrisers Hyderabad fans will remember for years. In just 12 innings the 23-year-old stacked up 236 runs off 142 balls, striking at 166 – the kind of tempo that turned middling totals into match-winning scores. A dozen fours and a jaw-dropping 20 sixes underline how regularly he cleared the ropes, while his maiden half-century – a 74-run blitz – came when the team needed quick runs at the death. Batting high up the order, Verma treated every over like a power-play, ensuring the scoring rate never dipped. With zero wickets and no bowling duties, it is clear where his value lies: explosive batting that can flip games in a matter of deliveries.

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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