Ajinkya Rahane may become KKR captain for IPL 2025: In IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders performed brilliantly and won the title. However, it was not expected then that many things would change in KKR soon after this. First mentor Gautam Gambhir left the Kolkata team to become the head coach of India and then captain Shreyas Iyer also thought it appropriate to come to the mega auction. Iyer got a price of more than 26 crores in the auction and now he has become a part of Punjab Kings. For this reason, KKR had to buy Venkatesh Iyer at a big price and it was believed that perhaps he could also become the captain of the team in IPL 2025, but now the name of experienced batsman Ajinkya Rahane is leading in this.
There was hope about Ajinkya Rahane that he might not get any buyer, because his performance was not very good last season. Despite this, Kolkata Knight Riders showed faith in him and bought him at a base price of 1.5 crores. Rahane has a lot of experience of captaincy in IPL as well as in Team India and domestic cricket, perhaps that is why his claim to become the captain of KKR looks strong.
The Times of India has described Ajinkya Rahane as a strong contender to become the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Giving information, a source said,
Yes, at the moment it is 90% certain that Ajinkya will be the new captain of KKR. He was bought by KKR specifically for the purpose of being a captaincy option. "
Let us tell you that apart from Ajinkya Rahane, the names of Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh are also included in the race for the captaincy of KKR. Venkatesh has been an important player of the team for the last several seasons and he also shares a good bond with head coach Chandrakant Pandit. On the other hand, Rinku Singh's career has taken a different flight and he is counted as one of the best finishers in T20 cricket. Now it remains to be seen which of these players the Kolkata team selects for the captaincy.
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