Ashwani Kumar IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians’ new pace sensation lit up his debut season with 11 wickets in just 7 matches, turning every over into an event. The 22-year-old’s standout burst—4 for 29 against Sunrisers Hyderabad—showed why scouts earmarked him as MI’s next Jasprit Bumrah clone. Operating at 11.32 runs per over and striking every 11.18 balls, Kumar’s 123 deliveries cost rivals 232 runs but earned him three-wicket spoils once and left-handed batters a lasting headache. From uncapped rookie to purple-cap tracker, Ashwani’s raw pace, pinpoint yorkers and fearless death-over nerve have already made him a must-watch IPL 2025 star.

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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