Shivam Dube IPL 2025: CSK’s left-handed six-hitting machine has piled up 1 859 runs from 1 294 balls at a strike rate of 143 across 75 innings. In seven IPL campaigns he has cleared the ropes 122 times—more than one six every ten balls—and crashed 108 boundaries on his way to ten half-centuries. His unbeaten 95 remains the personal best, proof that he saves his most explosive work for the death overs. Bowling only when the situation demands, he has chipped in with 5 wickets from 124 balls, but Dube’s real story is written with the bat: 143 strike rate, 122 sixes and a permanent spot in the Chennai Super Kings middle order since 2022.

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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