Rajvardhan Hangargekar burst onto the IPL stage in 2023 wearing Chennai Super Kings yellow, and in just two bowling innings the 20-year-old Maharashtra quick showed why MS Dhoni’s side invested in him. Across 36 balls he rattled out three scalps, including a three-wicket burst that announced his arrival. Operating at a strike rate of 12.00 – one wicket every two overs – Hangargekar kept batters guessing with speeds in the high 140s and a clever slower ball. Though he leaked ten runs an over, the raw numbers tell a story of impact: 60 runs conceded for three priceless breakthroughs, including a match-turning 3-for that underlined his knack for striking in clusters. With one three-wicket haul already in his debut season, the right-arm pacer has given CSK a home-grown option who can swing the new ball and nail yorkers at the death. Expect Rajvardhan Hangargekar to build on these eye-catching 2023 figures when the IPL caravan rolls back in 2024.

Quinton de Kock IPL career snapshot: 3309 runs, 134 sixes, 24 fifties and 2 centuries. The left-handed opener has lit up 12 IPL seasons since 2013, smashing 325 boundaries at a blazing strike rate of 134. His highest score of 140* shows the ceiling when he gets going. After stints with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, RCB and Mumbai Indians, he found rhythm at Lucknow Super Giants where he spent three productive years (2022-24). Ahead of IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders secured his services, banking on his experience of 115 innings at the top. De Kock’s power game is built on clean hitting—134 sixes out of 2469 balls faced—and the ability to convert starts into match-defining knocks, evidenced by 24 half-centuries and two hundreds. His journey from a 2013 debutant with SRH to a seasoned match-winner now wearing KKR purple and gold mirrors his evolution into one of the league’s most consistent run machines.

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