S Joseph IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants’ untested pace option who rolled his arm in a single high-pressure outing, sending down the full four-over quota and finishing with 0 for 47. The 24-ball spell cost 11.75 runs per over, a number that masks the raw pace and swing that encouraged the think-tank to blood him against top-order heavyweights. With no wickets to show yet, the Saint Lucian quick’s career graph is still at base camp, but the franchise’s willingness to throw him straight into the deep end signals a long-term project. Zero centuries, fifties, fours or sixes underline that Joseph is a pure-bred bowler whose future value lies in knocking stumps, not clearing ropes. Expect the 2025 mega-auction chatter to centre on whether Lucknow retain the 22-year-old as their emerging Caribbean speedster or roll the dice again.

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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