SK Rasheed lit up his very first IPL campaign in 2025 in the Chennai Super Kings yellow, showing why the franchise backed the young Indian batter. Across five brisk innings the right-hander piled on 71 runs off just 63 balls, striking at an eye-catching 112.00 while peppering boundaries at will—nine fours and two sixes flew off his blade, underlining fearless intent at the top. Although his highest score stands at a quick-fire 27, Rasheed’s knack of finding the gaps early in the powerplay and rotating strike at better than a-run-a-ball gives CSK a dynamic option for the coming seasons. With no wickets to his name, the 2025 season was all about Rasheed the batsman, and his raw promise in yellow suggests bigger knocks are around the corner.

David Warner IPL career – 6,565 runs at 139 strike-rate across 15 seasons Australian opener David Warner has turned the IPL into his personal highlight reel, amassing 6,565 runs from 4,697 balls since his 2009 debut with Delhi. The left-hander has blasted 663 fours and 236 sixes, translating to a boundary every 4.9 balls. Warner has reached fifty 62 times and gone past three figures on four occasions, his highest an unbeaten 126. After early seasons with Delhi Capitals, Warner became the heartbeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad, captaining the side to the 2016 title with 848 runs that year alone. He returned to Delhi Capitals in 2022 and, still going strong in 2024, has now faced 184 innings for two franchises while maintaining the same explosive intent. A solitary over with the ball is the only deviation from his batting master-class, underlining why Warner is remembered as one of the most feared IPL openers ever.

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