Veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane determined to stop because the captain of Mumbai in home cricket on Thursday. Rahane took to social media to announce his resolution to step down from the management position in Mumbai Cricket. He mentioned the choice was taken as a result of he felt it was the fitting time to groom a brand new chief.
“Captaining and successful championships with the Mumbai staff has been an absolute honour. With a brand new home season forward, I imagine it’s the fitting time to groom a brand new chief, and therefore I’ve determined to not proceed within the captaincy position,” Rahane wrote on X.
The 37-year-old, nevertheless, made it clear that he has no plans of calling it quits and can stay dedicated to serve the Mumbai staff in all codecs as a batter. “I stay absolutely dedicated to giving my finest as a participant and can proceed my journey with Mumbai to assist us win extra trophies. Trying ahead to the season,” he added.
Mumbai gained the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final season the place Rahane was the match’s highest run-scorer. Below Rahane’s management, Mumbai additionally made it to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, the place they misplaced to Vidharbha by 90 runs.
Rahane is second within the record of all-time run-scorers for Mumbai in first-class behind former India opener Wasim Jaffer. The fitting-hander has scored 5932 runs in 76 matches at a median of 52. He has additionally scored 19 centuries for Mumbai in first-class cricket, second solely to Jaffer’s 29.
Will KKR sack Rahane as captain?
Rahane, 37, final performed aggressive cricket throughout the IPL 2025, scoring 390 runs from 13 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders. As Rahane has now determined to stop as Mumbai captain, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see whether or not KKR determine to vary their captain forward of subsequent season.
There have been experiences of KKR seeking to commerce in massive names like KL Rahul and Sanju Samson, who can take over the management position if required. KKR completed sixth this 12 months after successful the title final season beneath Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy.
Who will probably be Mumbai’s subsequent captain after Ajinkya Rahane?
Mumbai have no scarcity of leaders in its squad. They’ve established cricketers like Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan of their arsenal. Aside from Jaiswal and Sarfaraz, all others have boast of a powerful captaincy report. Iyer has led three IPL franchises, whereas Suyra is the present T20I captain of India. Contemplating Jaiswal’s involvement in Take a look at cricket, the Mumbai selectors could be eager on appointing a captain who is accessible for many of the season. Neither Iyer nor Surya is in consideration for Take a look at cricket for the time being, making them a perfect match to take Mumbai cricket ahead after Rahane’s departure.
Iyer seems to be the frontrunner as he led Mumbai to the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 title final 12 months.
