Ajinkya rahane: IPL 2025 is going to start from 22 March. But before that, last year's winner Kolkata Knight Riders have announced the name of their captain. This team, owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, has given experienced player Ajinkya Rahane the responsibility of captaincy. It was expected that Rahane would take charge of this team. Because he is an experienced player. There are also good options for captaincy. In such a situation, KKR has entrusted the responsibility to Rahane, has given official information about this through social media.

Ajinkya Rahane became the captain of KKR

Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders have declared Ajinkya Rahane (Ajinkya Rahane) as their new captain on Monday 3 March. Rahane will replace Shreyas Iyer, who left the franchise before the IPL 2025 auction. Let us tell you that Kolkata bought Rahane for just 1.5 crores. Venkatesh Iyer was associated with KKR for Rs 23 crore during the auction, so there was a possibility that Iyer could get command. But Shah Rukh Khan's captaincy team showed confidence in Rahane and declared him his captain.

Rahane happy after becoming captain

KKR CEO Venkaiah famous is also happy with Ajinkya Rahane as captain and his leadership. This is the reason why he was given this responsibility. Rahane is also very happy with being made captain. He believes that Kolkata Knight Riders is a successful team, whose command he is going to handle.

night. aptain. ℝahane. pic.twitter.com/afi1hhyehd

- kolkataknightriders (@kkriders) March 3, 2025

This experienced player was in CSK before KKR

It is known that Ajinkya Rahane was in CSK before KKR. But CSK did not bought them. In such a situation, KKR bets on him. It is known that Rahane has been a part of this team before. He was part of this team 2 years ago in 2022. Then he has played 7 matches for KKR in the 2022 season, where he has scored 133 runs.

If we look at the record of his captaincy, then he has also captained the IPL. He was the captain of Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 and 2019 season. Apart from this, he is the Ranji Trophy captain of Mumbai. He won his team in the last season. Not only this, he has also been the captain of India. Apart from this, during the tenure of Virat Kohli, he was the nominated vice-captain of India.

This was the journey in IPL

Ajinkya Rahane is one of the most experienced players in the IPL. He has played a total of 185 matches in this league, during which he has scored 4642 runs at an average of 30.14. He has also scored 30 half -centuries and 2 centuries in the IPL. At the same time, Rahane has played 7 matches for KKR, in which he has scored 133 runs. At the same time, talking about captaincy, he has also captained Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.