IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians’ six-hitting machine Naman Dhir has turned 217 balls into 392 runs in only two seasons, lighting up the Wankhede with 23 sixes and 36 fours at a blistering strike-rate of 180. The Haryana dasher announced himself in 2024, but the leap in 2025 has been eye-catching: a 62-run demolition job remains his highest score and the lone fifty so far, yet every outing underlines why MI back him as a finisher. Nineteen innings, one fifty, zero centuries—Dhir’s story is less about milestones and more about mayhem in the death overs. While he has rolled his arm over for 52 balls without claiming a wicket, economy of 8.77 shows he can hold a spot even when the bat cools. With MI retaining the right-hander for the third straight year, fantasy managers and fans alike are bracing for more fireworks from Naman Dhir in IPL 2026.

Hardik Pandya IPL career story: 11 seasons, 2749 runs at a 146 strike-rate, 148 sixes, 10 half-centuries Hardik Pandya has been one of the Indian Premier League’s most explosive batting all-rounders since his 2015 debut with Mumbai Indians. Across 140 innings he has unleashed 2,749 runs off just 1,871 balls, translating to a fearsome strike-rate of 146—the sort of number that turns middle-overs into match-winning passages. He has cleared the ropes 148 times and found the boundary another 207 times, underlining why captains post straight long-on and deep mid-wicket for him from ball one. His highest score of 91 and ten half-centuries show he can both finish innings and anchor them when required. While Pandya’s primary currency is runs, he has also delivered 78 wickets in 107 bowling innings, including one five-for and five three-wicket bursts. Operating at an economy of 9.18 and a strike-rate of 20.87, he often bowls the difficult overs at the death, trusting his cutters and the slower ball. Having represented Mumbai Indians for eight of his eleven campaigns and captained Gujarat Titans to the 2022 title, Pandya’s dual-skill value has made him a marquee name every mega auction.

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