Ajinkya Rahane in SMAT: The Indian cricket team is currently on tour of Australia and is busy participating in the Border-Gavaskar series. The third Test between India and Australia will begin tomorrow, December 14, at the Gabba. While there are many star cricketers in the Indian team for this tour, one player is missing in Ajinkya Rahane, who captained India to a historic victory last time Won the series and shattered Australia’s pride at the Gabba. Ajinkya Rahane may not be part of the Indian team today, but he keeps scoring runs with the bat. Rahane is scoring runs in domestic cricket. Rahane is the captain of Mumbai team for the 2024-25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and led the team to the final with his outstanding performance.
Rahane scores a lot
In the first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy semi-finals, Mumbai defeated Baroda by 6 wickets to clinch their ticket to the final. The hero of Mumbai’s spectacular victory was captain Ajinkya Rahane, who scored a stunning half-century. Rahane missed his century by just two runs. He scored 98 runs in an innings of 56 balls with the help of 11 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate during this period was 175. Rahane was in fine form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, hitting five storming half-centuries in the last six innings. Earlier, he scored 84 runs off 45 balls in the quarter-final match against Vidarbha.
Ajinkya Rahane in the last 6 innings of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024
- – 52(34) vs Maharashtra
- – 68(35) vs. Kerala
- – 22(18) and services
- – 95(53) vs Andhra
- – 84(45) vs. Vidarbha, quarter-finals
- – Semi-final 98(57) vs Baroda
Ajinkya Rahane’s stellar performance brings good news for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2025. KKR bought Ajinkya Rahane at the base price of Rs 15 crore in the IPL mega auction last month. It will now be interesting to see if KKR will make Rahane the captain of their team.
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