IPL 2025: Musheer Khan, the 18-year-old all-rounder who turned one over into instant impact for Punjab Kings. Batting once, he faced only three balls and is yet to open his boundary count, but his story unfolds with the ball. In a single four-over burst he removed a key batter, returning figures of 1 for 27 and showing a wicket-taking strike rate of 12.00. That lone scalp underlines why Punjab paid big at the auction: a teenager who can break partnerships at 13.5 runs per over while learning on the job. Expect the left-arm spinner to double his wicket tally soon and push for more match-winning spells at the death.

Quinton de Kock IPL career snapshot: 3309 runs, 134 sixes, 24 fifties and 2 centuries. The left-handed opener has lit up 12 IPL seasons since 2013, smashing 325 boundaries at a blazing strike rate of 134. His highest score of 140* shows the ceiling when he gets going. After stints with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, RCB and Mumbai Indians, he found rhythm at Lucknow Super Giants where he spent three productive years (2022-24). Ahead of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders secured his services, banking on his experience of 115 innings at the top. De Kock’s power game is built on clean hitting—134 sixes out of 2469 balls faced—and the ability to convert starts into match-defining knocks, evidenced by 24 half-centuries and two hundreds. His journey from a 2013 debutant with SRH to a seasoned match-winner now wearing KKR purple and gold mirrors his evolution into one of the league’s most consistent run machines.

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