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.

Mohammed Shami has quietly become one of the Indian Premier League’s most lethal seamers, and the 2025 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad is merely the latest chapter in a story built on raw pace and unrelenting accuracy. Across 11 seasons, Shami has sent down 2,606 balls, snaring 133 wickets—one every 19.59 balls—while conceding 3,749 runs at an economy of 8.63. Those numbers translate to a strike-rate so sharp that a wicket falls almost every three overs when he steams in, making him the silent assassin every batting side dreads. His peak performance came in 2023 with Gujarat Titans, but the foundation was laid earlier: 13 three-wicket hauls and a best of 4 for show that even when the opposition thinks they have him figured out, Shami can still rip through a line-up. Four different franchises—KKR, DC, PBKS, GT and now SRH—have banked on his new-ball mastery, a testament to adaptability and durability. While his batting card reads only 84 runs from 89 balls with a highest score of 21, those seven fours and two sixes remind us that when required, Shami can swing the long handle too. Yet it is with the white ball that he scripts his legacy. Sunrisers Hyderabad fans can expect wickets in clumps, yorkers at the death, and a bowler whose 133-wicket tally is climbing faster than most in IPL history.

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