Rahane in Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024: Team India’s veteran batsman and Mumbaikar Ajinkya Rahane finished in the first IPL Mega Action 2025 round. However, Kolkata took Ajinkya in the second round at a base price of 1.50 crore. Ajinkya shouted when he was sold. Ajinkya Rahane has scored 2 centuries in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 T20 in Mumbai.
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Ajinkya has now scored an explosive half-century against Kerala on November 29 against Maharashtra. Ajinkya decided to make his choice of KKR with this.
In the match played at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium between Kerala and Mumbai, Ajinkya made the game while chasing the winning runs. 43 runs in this match defeated Mumbai. In response to the 235-run victory by Kerala, Mumbai lost 9 wickets in 20 overs and scored 191 runs.
Mumbai could not win due to Ajinkya Rahane’s half-century. However, Ajinkya’s second half-century in this consecutive half-century is certain.
Ajinkya scored 68 runs off 35 balls against Kerala with a strike rate of 194.29 with four sixes and 5 fours. Ajinkya had earlier scored a half-century in the match against Mumbai on Wednesday, November 27. Rahane had made a crucial contribution to the victory with this half-century.
Maharashtra had challenged 172 runs to Mumbai. Mumbai easily completed the challenge with Captain Shreyas Iyer’s 71 and Ajinkya’s 72 runs in 17.1 over. Ajinkya had scored 52 runs against Maharashtra with 34 balls with three sixes and 3 fours.
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Meanwhile, Ajinkya was playing in Chennai in the IPL till last season. But Chennai released Ajinkya the contract. Ajinkya had a remarkable performance in the last season (IPL 2044). But after that, Chennai released him.
Therefore, Ajinkya landed in action with a base price of 1.5 crore. No one has shown interest in the first round for Ajinkya. So Rahane remained unsold. But in the second round, KKR took Ajinkya to the base price.
Meanwhile, Team Management hopes that Ajinkya will retain the performance of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the IPL. Ajinkya Rahane will also be a strong contender for the captain. Therefore, Ajinkya can get the captain of KKR captain.
