Who is Sairaj Patil, who made massive impact in T20 Mumbai League 2025?

Another pace bowling all-rounder from Mumbai started to get noticed from this year's T20 Mumbai League. Sairaj Patil is considered as one of the serious talents from the state when IPL franchises are looking for some fresh, uncapped Indian talents.

Patil got the best player of the tournament award from Rohit Sharma because of his standout performances both with the bat and with the ball. Rather than the bowling skills, it was Patil's six hitting abilities that helped him to come under several IPL franchise scanners. Using a strong bottom hand, the right-handed batter can smash huge over-boundaries even on yorkers and low full tosses.

The fan of MS Dhoni scored 233 runs, the third highest of the tournament, at an average of 58.25 in 6 matches of the T20 Mumbai League 2025. To accumulate this amount of runs, with an average strike rate of 150.32, he thrashed 14 boundaries and 16 over-boundaries. Patil is one of the few cricketers who can precisely play Dhoni's trademarkhelicopter shot. Parallely, while representing Eagle Thane Strikers, Sairaj took 7 wickets in 5 matches as well at an amazing economy rate of 7.35.

Will he get a chance to shine in IPL?

After Shivam Dube and Suryansh Shedge, Patil has the potential to become the next star all-rounder from Mumbai. His all-round skills earned him three Player-of-the-Match awards in six games and ultimately the Man of the Tournament award. His recent state-level success can easily attract interest from various IPL franchises ahead of IPL 2026.

"I had prepped very well before the start of the tournament, and I was dominating Mumbai cricket for the last two years, and I was part of the Mumbai white-ball squad for [the 50-over] Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, but I was not getting chances. I built up a lot of patience, perseverance, and the grit to do well in every game I get, and while I was playing Mumbai cricket, I had the hunger to score in each and every game and dominate in all groups," Sairaj said to ESPNcricinfo.