IPL 2025: In the first match of IPL 2025, last year’s champion team KKR decided to bat first against RCB. In this match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane thrashed the RCB bowlers fiercely. Rahane was once unsold in the auction.
Highlights
- Dangerous batting by Ajinkya Rahane
- Thrashed the RCB bowlers fiercely
- Completed fifty at a strike rate of 200
Kolkata: Explosive action is being seen in the very first match of IPL 2025. In this match, RCB team captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and his team came out to bowl first. Till the first over, this decision of the RCB captain looked right. In the very first over, Josh Hazlewood dismissed Quinton de Kock. But after this, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane started thrashing the RCB bowlers fiercely.
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Ajinkya Rahane’s amazing performance
Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly against RCB. This player completed his fifty with a strike rate of over 200 in just 25 balls. Apart from 6 fours, Rahane also hit 4 long sixes in his innings. This is Rahane’s fifty after a long time in IPL. Before this he had to wait for 18 innings.
IPL 2025 : Remained unsold in the first round of auction
Ajinkya Rahane remained unsold in the first round of the IPL 2025 mega auction. But later Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bought him at a base price of Rs 1.5 crore, as the franchise got a chance to buy some unsold players in the second round. From there Ajinkya Rahane’s IPL career changed completely.
Then made captain
After this, Ajinkya Rahane was also made the captain of the KKR team. Venkatesh Iyer was chosen as the vice-captain of the team. KKR’s team is the champion team of the last season. KKR team won this title for the third time by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final.
Was dropped under Virat’s captaincy
IPL 2025 : When Virat Kohli was captaining the Indian T20 team, Ajinkya Rahane was dropped from the team. Ajinkya Rahane played his last T20 match in August 2016. MS Dhoni was the captain in that match. But right after that, Virat Kohli took over the captaincy and Ajinkya Rahane was dropped from the team.
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