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Ajinkya Rahane Breaks Gautam Gambhir’s 10-Year Record with Blazing 67 as KKR Captain in IPL 2026 Clash
Ajinkya Rahane, Indian Premier League 2026: Rahane played an explosive innings of 67 runs off 40 balls, hitting 3 fours and 5 sixes. This is the highest innings by any KKR captain against Mumbai Indians. With this innings, Rahane broke Gautam Gambhir's 10-year-old record.
In the second game of the IPL 2026 tournament, the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, Ajinkya Rahane, played well against the Mumbai Indians team and made a half-century. With this achievement, Rahane broke the record that was held for the past 10 years by the former captain of the KKR team, Gautam Gambhir.
Ajinkya Rahane opened the innings for the KKR team at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday and made 67 runs off 40 balls with three fours and five sixes. This is the highest score made by any captain of the KKR team against the MI team. With this achievement, Rahane broke the long-standing record held by the former captain of the KKR team, Gautam Gambhir.
Gambhir made 64 off 52 against the MI team in the IPL 2016 at the home ground of the KKR team. The score made by Gambhir is the third highest by any KKR captain against the MI team. Also in 2016, Gambhir scored 59 runs off 45 balls against MI at the Wankhede Stadium. Gambhir also holds the fourth-highest innings as KKR captain against the Mumbai Indians. Gambhir scored 57 runs against MI in Kolkata in 2015.
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Gautam Gambhir's name is deeply ingrained in KKR's history, both as a captain, as a batsman, and as a mentor. Gambhir led KKR to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014. He then led KKR to IPL titles as a mentor in IPL 2024. Gambhir is also the most successful batsman in KKR's history.
Between 2011 and 2017, Gambhir scored 3,345 runs in 121 innings across 122 matches for KKR, including 30 half-centuries. Rahane, who will captain KKR in IPL 2025, has scored 590 runs in 21 matches for the team, including four half-centuries.
Mumbai Indians defeated KKR by six wickets in this match. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton were the stars of Mumbai's resounding victory. Mumbai made history by successfully achieving its highest run chase in the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium. KKR scored 220 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai Indians achieved the target in 19.1 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. With this, Mumbai won their first IPL match in 13 years.
