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Ajinkya Rahane has been named captain of Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday, March 3. The 36-year-old middle-order batter will lead the defending champions in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He brings valuable experience as a leader on the field. Let's check out Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy record in T20Is.
Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy record in T20Is
|
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Draw |
NR |
Win% |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
Ajinkya Rahane has captained India twice in T20I against Zimbabwe in 2015. Under his leadership, India defeated Zimbabwe in Harare in T20Is by 54 runs on July 17, 2015. He also batted decently in that match, scoring 33 runs off 32 balls, including two fours.
However, he lost his second match as captain in the same series in the second T20I by 10 runs. Rahane got run out in that match after scoring four runs. India set the target of 146, and Zimbabwe chased it down in a thriller.
Ajinkya Rahane IPL captaincy record
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Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
Draw |
NR |
Win% |
|
25 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36.00% |
Ajinkya Rahane also has great captaincy experience in the IPL. He has captained Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS). He led RPS in 2017 when regular captain Steve Smith was unavailable due to food poisoning. The right-handed batter led RR in a total of 24 matches in IPL in 2018 and 2019. However, due to the inconsistent performance, he was replaced by Steve Smith in the middle of the 2019 IPL season.
Apart from T20Is, the 36-year-old captained the Indian team in ODIs and Tests. He led the Indian team in three ODI matches and won all; while in Test matches, he captained the side in six matches, winning four of them, whereas two matches ended in a draw.
