IPL 2026: Ajinkya Rahane sealed KKR’s victory in just 27 balls? Has become the reason for Mumbai’s defeat 5 times

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IPL 2026, Ajinkya Rahane vs MI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane played a stormy innings against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium. Ajinkya Rahane gave a stellar performance in his captaincy innings in the second match of IPL 2026. He scored a lot of runs against bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Trent Bould. During this, he performed a feat which every time becomes the reason for the defeat of Mumbai Indians.

Ajinkya Rahane played captaincy innings

Ajinkya Rahane showed stormy attitude from the very beginning in this match. He opened his account by hitting a six. This is the fourth time that he opened his account in IPL with a six. After this, Rahane played many amazing shots and completed his half-century in 27 balls. This is his 34th half-century of IPL career. He faced a total of 40 balls in this match and scored 67 runs at a strike rate of 167.50. His innings included 3 fours and 5 sixes.

This was Ajinkya Rahane’s sixth half-century innings against Mumbai Indians. The special thing is that whenever Ajinkya Rahane scores a half-century against Mumbai Indians, his team has never lost. During this innings, he along with Finn Allen made a partnership of 69 runs for the first wicket, in which Rahane played an important role. Both the players together made the team cross 50 runs in just 3.5 overs, which is also the record of KKR’s fastest 50 runs against Mumbai.

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