V Puthur IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians’ New-Gen Pace Sensation Fast-rising seamer V Puthur made an instant splash in his debut IPL season with Mumbai Indians, turning heads with a burst of six wickets in just five outings. The 2025 campaign saw the left-armer rip through top orders at a strike-rate of 12—one wicket every two overs—while keeping batters guessing at an economy of 9.08 on some of the flattest tracks in the league. His standout spell came against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he rattled the stumps three times in a single over to register his maiden three-wicket haul and tilt the match MI’s way. Across 72 balls of high-pressure bowling, Puthur conceded only 109 runs—proof of his nerve under the death-overs spotlight. With no five-fers yet but a growing reputation for late-inning heroics, the 21-year-old has already stamped himself as MI’s go-to impact bowler for the seasons ahead.

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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