Prithvi Shaw has been Delhi Capitals’ pocket-rocket opener since 2018, lighting up seven IPL seasons with a fearless brand of batting built on one mantra—see the ball, hit the ball. Across 79 innings the right-hander has piled up 1,892 runs at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 147, turning every delivery into potential fireworks. Those numbers translate to 238 fours and 61 sixes that have dented advertising hoardings and opposition morale alike. While the three-figure mark has narrowly eluded him—his highest remains an agonising 99—Shaw has still crossed fifty on 14 occasions, proving he can both explode and anchor when the situation demands. Every season the 24-year-old has donned the DC blue, making the Ferozeshah Kotla his personal playground. With 238 boundaries already to his name, Shaw is chasing the rare 250-fours club, and at his current pace the landmark could arrive as early as IPL 2025.

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.

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