Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore has quietly become one of IPL 2025’s most economical wicket-takers, piling up 32 wickets in just 25 innings for Gujarat Titans across three seasons. Operating at a brisk 13.78 balls per scalp and keeping the scoring rate to 8.86 an over, the 27-year-old has twice rocked oppositions with three-wicket bursts and owns a best of 4-fer. The numbers tell a story of sustained pressure: 441 balls have fetched only 651 runs while 18 dot balls in four brief cameos with the bat produced two towering sixes—symbolic flashes of his fearless mindset. From the 2022 season through 2025, every campaign has seen Sai Kishore don the GT colours, making him a rare three-season constant in a franchise that values match-ups and economy.

Ajinkya Rahane IPL journey spans 17 seasons, 183 innings and a mountain of 5,032 runs that have come off 4,025 balls at a brisk strike-rate of 125. The Mumbai-born right-hander has punished bowlers for 514 fours and 123 sixes, crossing fifty 33 times and reaching three figures on two memorable occasions, the highest being an unbeaten 105. After stints with Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant, Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, he is back with Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2025. While Rahane has rolled his arm over only once in the league, picking up a solitary wicket in a six-ball cameo that cost five runs, he remains celebrated as one of the league’s most technically sound and consistent top-order batsmen.

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