Rajat Patidar is the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s middle-order engine, a home-grown hero who has stacked 1,111 IPL runs in just 38 innings at a blazing strike rate of 154. Since his 2021 debut with RCB, the Indore batter has turned 720 balls into a highlight reel of 76 fours and 68 sixes, translating one in every ten deliveries into a boundary. His maiden century—an unbeaten 112—came alongside nine half-centuries, proving he can both anchor and accelerate. Four seasons, one franchise, zero wickets: Patidar is pure batting firepower for RCB fans and fantasy managers tracking the 2025 IPL season.

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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