Mayank Agarwal has built a 15-season IPL résumé that reads like a power-hitting manual. Since his 2011 debut with Royal Challengers Bengaluru—the same camp he re-joined for the 2025 season—Agarwal has stacked up 2,756 runs from 2,064 balls, translating to an aggressive strike-rate of 133. His boundary map tells the bigger story: 273 fours and 100 sixes, the latter figure crossing the three-figure mark to underline his love for clearing the rope. Among 125 innings, he has breached fifty on 13 occasions and turned one of those into a statement 106, the highest score of his IPL career. While the right-hander has turned out for six franchises, his most prolific stint came with Punjab Kings between 2018 and 2022, where he became the mainstay at the top of the order. After a brief stop at Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023-24, Mayank returns to RCB in 2025, hoping to recreate the fearless brand of batting that has made him one of the league’s most watchable openers.

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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