Kuldeep Singh Yadav IPL 2025: 102 wickets in 96 innings, 4-wicket hauls, Delhi Capitals left-arm wrist-spinner story Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Singh Yadav has become the heartbeat of Delhi Capitals’ attack since 2022, and the numbers prove why. After debuting in 2016 with Kolkata Knight Riders, the Uttar Pradesh tweaker has now spent nine IPL seasons, the last four in the Capitals’ camp. Across 96 bowling innings he has snapped 102 wickets, striking once every 20.24 balls while keeping batters guessing at an economy of 8.08. His nine three-wicket bursts and a best of four for 35 underline a knack for breaking partnerships when the match is on the line. The 2025 season marks Kuldeep’s fourth straight campaign in Delhi red-and-blue, making him a rare constant in a franchise that often shuffles personnel. While his 201 runs from 37 innings with the bat show a handy lower-order cameo ability, it is the 2064 deliveries he has bowled—conceding only 2778 runs—that tell the true story. Each dot ball, each dipping wrong ’un, each celebratory leap with arms spread wide has added up to a century of wickets and counting.

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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