IPL power-hitter Prerak Mankad has quietly built a reputation as a late-order finisher, and the numbers from his first two seasons tell the story. Across 73 balls faced for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023 and Punjab Kings the year before, the 29-year-old has stacked up 97 runs at an eye-catching strike-rate of 132. His standout knock came at the Ekana Stadium when he exploded for a 40-ball 64 — a fearless innings that contained 13 fours and 2 sixes — to register his maiden IPL half-century and announce himself on the big stage. With five innings under his belt and a highest score of 64*, Mankad is quickly emerging as a reliable lower-middle order option who can turn a game in the death overs.

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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