Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL has announced the name of its new captain before 2025. KKR has decided to make Ajinkya Rahane a captain. At the same time, Venkatesh Air has received the responsibility of vice-cept. As you can tell, KKR bought Ajinkya Rahane during the mega auction of IPL 2025.
Ajinkya Rahan has previously captained Rajasthan Ajinkya Rahane has been part of this KKR team for the second time. Prior to this, it was also part of this KKR in 2022. In which he played seven matches. This time, in the Mega Auction, Kolkata Knight Riders had included Ajinkya Rahane in the base price (Rs 1.5 crore) squad. Rahane has also captained the Rajasthan Royals earlier. It was made captain in 2018. In which he took the team to the playoff. He also made the team lead in 2019. But Steve Smith was entrusted with half a season.
CEO of the team Venki Mysore Said,
We are glad that we are appointing a player like Ajinkya Rahane as captain, who will strengthen the team with his leadership ability and experience. Venkatesh Iyer has also been an important player for KKR and has the qualities of leadership. We are confident that they will determine the right direction for our team together.
Ajinkya Rahane's IPL career Ajinkya Rahane is one of the most experienced IPL players. He has played a total of 185 matches in the tournament. In which he has scored 4,642 runs at an average of 30.14. He has also scored 30 Fifty and 2 centuries in the IPL.
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