IPL 2025: 5 Best debutants of the season

Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings in the final to win the Indian Premier League's first title, capping the 2025 season on Tuesday. IPL 2025 saw several debutants making a mark, both with the bat and the ball. Here are the top five debutants of the season:

Digvesh Rathi

The mystery spinner Digvesh Rathi was undoubtedly the tournament's discovery for the Lucknow Super Giants, despite their lacklustre season. Rathi became the leading wicket-taker for LSG in the 2025 IPL with 14 wickets. At the beginning of the season, Ravi Bishnoi was the team's top spinner, but Rathi earned the spot with merit.

The 25-year-old was frequently in the news for his aggressive celebrations and the fines that followed, but his aggressiveness was what made him even more dangerous because it showed in the way he bowled. He had bowled with just an economy of 8.25 throughout the season.

Vipraj Nigam

Vipraj Nigam has been one of IPL 2025's greatest discoveries. Nigam has demonstrated his versatility by taking wickets in the middle overs and batting in pressure situations. The DC all-rounder is one of the key players on this list because of the impact he has made with both skills - batting as well as bowling.

Playing 14 games in the season, he batted with a strike rate of 179.74 and amassed over 142 runs batting down the order and playing some crucial knocks. He was remarkably successful with the ball too, taking away 11 wickets with an economy of 9.12, which included big scalps of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

Ayush Mhatre

Before they signed 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre to replace the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad, the five-time champion CSK was having trouble finding their form in the powerplay and had one of the lowest run rates in the first six overs this season. 

Mhatre displayed poise right away, but his best performance came last Saturday against RCB, when he hit 94 runs and became the third-youngest player to reach an IPL fifty, behind Riyan Parag and Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Ayush's batting prowess has demonstrated that they have long-term talent in their mix, even though CSK still lost the match.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi

When he smashed a 35-ball hundred against Gujarat Titans, 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who had already made headlines after being signed by the Rajasthan Royals during the IPL 2025 mega auction for ₹1.1 crore, he did not only became the youngest player to play in the IPL but also the tournament's youngest centurion.

Only Chris Gayle has surpassed the 14-year-old's ton against GT, which is the second-fastest in IPL history. In just seven IPL 2025 innings, Suryavanshi amassed 252 runs at a scorching 206.55 strike rate. Additionally, he received the 2025 IPL 2025 Super Striker award.

Priyansh Arya

During the IPL 2025 auction, the Punjab Kings found their most dependable asset in Priyansh Arya, whom they purchased for ₹3.8 Cr. The Punjab Kings have had some blistering starts because of the dynamic opener, who has also laid the groundwork for most of their victories. The young batter proved to be the ideal combination of power and consistency.

Although Arya was making outstanding cameos, it was against CSK at Mullanpur that he had his breakthrough performance, scoring an incredible century to save his team. In the 17 games he played during the season, he amassed 475 runs with an incredible strike rate of 179.24. He was undoubtedly among the greatest outcomes of the 2025 Indian Premier League.

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