Afghan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai has quietly become one of the Indian Premier League’s most reliable new-ball enforcers, and his two-season journey from Gujarat Titans in 2024 to Punjab Kings in 2025 underlines a rapid ascent. Across 15 bowling innings he has snapped 12 wickets, never taking fewer than one in any spell and twice striking twice in an over. Those scalps have come from 48 overs—exactly 288 balls—at an impressive strike-rate of 24.00, while the economy sits at 9.69 despite bowling mostly inside the powerplay and at the death. The numbers tell the story of a bowler trusted to attack: zero three-fors or five-fors yet, but every spell carries threat. With the bat Omarzai is still emerging—99 runs in 74 balls, eight fours and five sixes, and a highest of 21—but the 133 strike-rate shows intent whenever Punjab need late-order impetus. After two short campaigns he already owns the rare combination of consistent wicket-taking and boundary-clearing muscle, making Azmatullah Omarzai a name IPL fans will search for as the 2025 playoffs loom.

David Warner IPL career – 6,565 runs at 139 strike-rate across 15 seasons Australian opener David Warner has turned the IPL into his personal highlight reel, amassing 6,565 runs from 4,697 balls since his 2009 debut with Delhi. The left-hander has blasted 663 fours and 236 sixes, translating to a boundary every 4.9 balls. Warner has reached fifty 62 times and gone past three figures on four occasions, his highest an unbeaten 126. After early seasons with Delhi Capitals, Warner became the heartbeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad, captaining the side to the 2016 title with 848 runs that year alone. He returned to Delhi Capitals in 2022 and, still going strong in 2024, has now faced 184 innings for two franchises while maintaining the same explosive intent. A solitary over with the ball is the only deviation from his batting master-class, underlining why Warner is remembered as one of the most feared IPL openers ever.

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