Ajinkya Rahane, who has been out of the Indian cricket team for a long time, is wreaking havoc in the Syed Ali Mushtaq Trophy these days. Rahane's bat is raining heavily against the bowlers. Rahane is making records after records in domestic cricket. Rahane has scored a lot of runs while playing for Mumbai. However, during this period he missed scoring a century for the third consecutive time. This happened on December 13 during the first semi-final match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 between Mumbai and Baroda.

Rahane scored 98 runs in 56 balls

In the first semi-final match against Baroda, Ajinkya Rahane played a stormy inning of 98 runs. Although he missed the century. Even before this, Rahane could not score a century twice consecutively. Batting first, Baroda scored 158 runs for 7 wickets. In reply, Mumbai won with 16 balls to spare and made it to the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The hero of the team's victory was once again Rahane who scored 98 runs in just 56 balls. While Shreyas Iyer played an inning of 46 runs in 30 balls.

Rahane missed a century for the third consecutive time

It is noteworthy that when Rahane was batting on 98 runs, Mumbai needed 2 runs to win. After this the bowler bowled a wide ball. After this, while trying to hit a six on the next ball, Rahane gave away his wicket and missed the century. Earlier, Rahane had scored a blistering 84 runs against Vidarbha in the quarter-final match. He scored a brilliant half century in just 45 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas before this Rahane had missed his century by 5 runs. He scored 95 runs in 54 balls against Andhra Pradesh.

Rahane can become the captain of KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders had released Shreyas Iyer for this IPL season. Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. KKR added Rahane for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore. Looking at Rahane's strong form, it is believed that KKR can make him its next captain. Let us tell you that Ajinkya has scored 432 runs in seven innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 169.41 in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024.