Tillakaratne Dilshan IPL career: 1 153 runs, 140 fours, 24 sixes in 50 innings, strike-rate 114. Explosive opener for Delhi Capitals (2008-10) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (2011-13), nine half-centuries, highest score 76. Useful part-time bowler with five wickets from 271 balls at 8.1 economy.

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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