Ayush Badoni has quietly become Lucknow Super Giants’ Mr Consistent, stacking 963 runs from only 695 balls across four straight seasons with the franchise. The 25-year-old right-hander strikes at a brisk 138, punctuating his stay with 73 fours and 38 sixes that light up the middle overs. Six half-centuries—peaking at an unbeaten 74—outline his habit of turning starts into match-shaping cameos in 46 innings. Rarely given the ball, Badoni has still chipped in with four wickets in seven short bowling bursts. Operating at an economy of 8.4 and a snappy strike rate of 8.75 balls per wicket, he offers LSG a handy sixth-bowling option when the match-up demands a surprise off-break. From his breakout 2022 campaign to the ongoing 2025 season, Badoni has remained a constant in the Lucknow line-up, the only player to feature in every IPL the franchise has contested. With each season his boundary count climbs, his strike rate holds firm, and his knack for finishing games sharpens—making Ayush Badoni a name fantasy managers and LSG faithful now bank on when crunch overs arrive.

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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