KKR had bought Rahane for the base price of Rs 1.50 crore.
The mega auction for IPL 2025 took place last month in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. In this auction, three-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had bought experienced Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane for the base price of Rs 1.50 crore. This is going to be his second season with KKR.
So now if the latest media reports are to be believed, he seems to be at the forefront of the race to become the captain of KKR in IPL 2025. It is noteworthy that in the past, Rahane has captained Rajasthan Royals in IPL and Indian cricket team in Test format.
Apart from this, he continuously captains Mumbai in domestic red ball cricket, but this time Mumbai Cricket Association has made Shreyas Iyer the captain of the team in place of Rahane for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament 2024.
Source gave a big statement regarding Ajinkya Rahane
Let us tell you that a source closely associated with the KKR team was quoted by Times of India as saying – Yes, at present it is 90% certain that Ajinkya Rahane will be the new captain of KKR. He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders specifically with the aim of being a viable captaincy option.
Also, let us tell you that when KKR bought all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer for a huge amount of Rs 23.75 crore in this mega auction, the fans were hopeful that he would be the next captain of the team. But now if the latest media reports are to be believed, this responsibility in the team can be handed over to Ajinkya Rahane.
On the other hand, if we tell you about Rahane’s performance for KKR in the year 2022, he scored only 133 runs in the 7 matches played for the team that season at an average of 19 and strike rate of 103.91. Well, it will be worth watching that when is KKR going to announce Rahane as the captain?