Ryan Rickelton IPL 2025: The 26-year-old South African opener announced his arrival in his debut season for Mumbai Indians with a blazing 388 runs from just 14 innings. Operating at a scorching strike rate of 150, Rickelton peppered boundaries—47 fours and 17 sixes—to keep scoreboards ticking and bowlers second-guessing. Three rapid half-centuries underline his ability to convert starts, with a career-best 62 showing the ceiling of his power-packed game. Every 17 balls he faced cleared the rope, and every 5.5 balls found the fence, making him one of the most boundary-dense batters of the season. While Rickelton did not roll his arm over, his bat did all the talking, propelling MI’s top order and setting the stage for what could be a breakout legacy in the IPL.

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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