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.

IPL spinner Pravin Dubey has quietly built a reputation as a wily leg-break bowler across three seasons with Delhi Capitals and now Punjab Kings. In just 13 overs spread across five bowling innings, the 30-year-old has already snapped two key wickets, including a best of 1 for 15, and is striking every 39 balls—numbers that put him in the sharp-end bracket of emerging Indian tweakers. Operating at a tidy economy of 8.54 on batting-friendly tracks in 2025, Dubey’s ability to stem the run-flow while hunting breakthroughs makes him a valuable middle-overs option for the Kings. With the bat, Dubey is still waiting for his first big knock: 23 runs off 33 balls in two brief outings, a highest of 16, and a couple of crisp fours show flashes of lower-order hitting that captains can bank on when the game stretches to the death. Three IPL campaigns, two franchises, and a growing sense that the next big story from Punjab Kings’ spin cupboard could yet be written by Pravin Dubey.

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