Few IPL careers have swung as far as Rajat Patidar’s. Bought for ₹20 lakh in 2021, released after a quiet debut season, unsold at the 2022 mega auction, then signed back mid-season as an injury replacement — he responded with one of the great playoff innings in league history. A little over three years later,…
Virat Kohli walked into the IPL as a nineteen year old who had just lifted the Under-19 World Cup, and eighteen seasons later he has become the league’s greatest run machine without ever wearing another shirt. When Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally broke their title drought in 2025 and then defended it in 2026, Kohli was…
Brendon McCullum’s unbeaten 158 for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the first ever IPL match is still the highest individual score ever made against an IPL team. More than 18 seasons have passed since that night in 2008, and no batter has beaten it against any of the league’s ten current sides….
Ashok Sharma walked into IPL 2026 with three franchises, two auctions and zero appearances behind him, and left it with six matches for Gujarat Titans, a maiden IPL wicket on debut and the fastest delivery reportedly clocked in the season. It was the kind of breakthrough that made sense only if you knew the backstory:…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL story began before he was old enough to drive a car. Signed by Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.10 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction at just 13, he became the youngest player ever to receive an IPL contract. Nine days after making his debut at 14 years and 23 days, the…
Who has taken the most wickets against each IPL team in history? Some bowlers simply own certain opponents. Sunil Narine has dismissed Punjab Kings batters 36 times in the IPL, which is the most wickets any bowler has taken against a single team in league history. Lasith Malinga did the same job for Mumbai Indians…
Kwena Maphaka walked into the IPL at seventeen, a schoolboy fast bowler with an Under-19 World Cup Player of the Tournament award in his kit bag and genuine pace in his left arm. Mumbai Indians signed him as an injury replacement for Dilshan Madushanka in 2024, making him one of the youngest players the league…
Fazalhaq Farooqi arrived in the IPL with a reputation built on the international stage: Afghanistan’s first-choice new-ball bowler, the joint-highest wicket-taker at the 2024 T20 World Cup, and a left-arm seamer who can swing the ball both ways. Sunrisers Hyderabad bought him for INR 50 lakh at the 2022 mega auction, and he spent three…
Chennai Super Kings have been one of the toughest bowling sides in the IPL since 2008. Their attack has rarely been taken apart in a single innings. That is why the list of the highest individual scores against CSK reads like a hall of fame of T20 batting. Marcus Stoinis holds the record with an…
Wanindu Hasaranga IPL stats tell the story of a leg spinner who forced his way into the Indian Premier League through the side door and, within a single season, became one of its most feared wicket takers. Signed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru as a late replacement in 2021, the Sri Lankan struck gold in 2022…
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