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Ajinkya Rahane has decided to leave the captaincy of the Mumbai team before the 2025-26 domestic season. He has informed the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) that he wants to leave the captaincy before the 2025-26 season.
He believes that this is the right time to prepare a new leader. However, he has expressed his desire to continue playing as a batsman.
Waiting for the season- Rahane He wrote in a social media post, it is a great respect for me to captain the Mumbai team and win the championship. Further is a new domestic season, and I believe this is the right time to prepare a new leader. So I have decided not to release the role of captaincy. I will try to give my best as a player and will continue my journey with MCA to help us win more trophy. Waiting for the season.
Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy title in 2024 Rahane, 37, won the 42nd Ranji Trophy title to Mumbai in 2023-24 and ended the nine-year drought. However, in the last two years, his performance with the red ball has not been special. He scored 467 runs in a total of 27 innings. This includes only one century.
Rahane scored 469 runs under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in December last year and Mumbai played a key role in winning the title, Rahane was also chosen as Player of the Tournament.
KKR captain was in IPL 2025 Rahane was the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2025, for which he scored the highest 390 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 147.27. Under his captaincy, KKR (five wins and two matches were disinterested due to rain) finished eighth.
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