Ajinkya Rahane
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has made a special achievement in the IPL. He scored 48 runs in 33 balls in the match against Chennai Super Kings, he also completed 5000 runs in the IPL during his innings. He has become the seventh batsman to complete the fastest 5000 runs in the IPL. In this case, he has left Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni behind.
Ajinkya Rahane gave this special achievement of his name
KL Rahul’s name is the record of scoring the fastest five thousand runs in the IPL. He did this feat in 130 innings. In IPL 2025 itself, KL Rahul made this achievement in his name, while David Warner touched the figure of 5000 runs in 135 innings. Virat Kohli is named at number three. He achieved this feat in 157 innings. AB de Villiers, who played with Virat, made this achievement in 161 innings. Shikhar Dhawan crossed 168 innings and Suresh Raina crossed 5000 runs in 173 innings. Now Rahane touched this figure in 182 innings. Rahane defeated Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni, who scored 5000 IPL runs in 187 and 208 innings respectively.
Ajinkya Rahane’s performance in IPL 2025
Talking about Ajinkya Rahane’s performance in IPL 2025, he has played 12 matches this season so far. He has scored 375 runs in 11 innings of 12 matches at an average of 37.50. This season he has scored 3 half -centuries so far. His highest score is 61 runs.
In this match, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, KKR scored 150 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. KKR captain Rahane scored 48 runs in 33 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Sunil Narayan contributed 26, Manish Pandey 21 and Andre Russell contributed 28 runs. For Chennai Super Kings, Noor Ahmed took 2 and Ravindra Jadeja and Anshul Kamboj took 1-1 wickets.
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