Ex-kkr star’s honest verdict on Captain Ajinkya Rahane: “AFTERTHUT …”

Former India batter aakash chopra feels kolkata knight riders (kkr) ‘s decision to appoint ajinkya rahane as captain for ipl 2025 was an “afterthout”. After months of speech, rahane was named captain by kkr as a replacement of shreyas Iyer, who was released by the franchise despite leading them to the title last year. Apparently, Venkatesh Iyer, Who was boght by kkr for Rs 23.75 Crore, was one of the candidates to lead the team, but rahane got the nod opening to his experience of leading an IPL TAML TAML TAML TAML TAML TAM

However, former kkr batter chopra while highlighting rahane’s price tag (Rs 1.5 Crore) suggested that the team has no initial plans to appoint heam as capting.

“Ajinkya Rahane has captained in 25 games to date. So it’s not that he is a newbie. Lifted the border-gavaskar trophy. YouTube Channel.

“We were seen how expensive Each captain was sold. No other captain was soldle digits. They were mostly retained, and those who were werened very expert. Crore in the end. It seemed like it was an after the captaincy to aju, “He added.

Chopra explained leading a winning team will be a challenge for rahane, calling it a tougher job than winning the IPL for the first time.

“The biggest challenge for ajju is that it’s a winning team. Where further will you take a winning team? However, the expectation will be that they should win win this time as they are lat time, Least.

Kkr kicked off their title defense on saturday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at home.

(With IANS Inputs)