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Ajinkya Rahane

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Ajinkya Madhav Rahane is a senior India batter and one of the more durable figures in Indian cricket across all three formats. In 391 career matches he has scored 14,096 runs at a batting average of 34.63, with his primary competition being the Indian Premier League, where he has appeared 187 times. His most recent IPL action comes for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2026 season, where he made 67 off 40 balls against Mumbai Indians on 29 March 2026 but has mixed that kind of output with a handful of low scores. Across formats, the balance between careful red-ball accumulation and T20 aggression makes his overall numbers a composite picture rather than a single statement.

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Ajinkya Rahane
Bat Avg
34.6
Bowl Avg
5.0

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Rahane's last ten IPL innings span April 2025 to April 2026 and show a mixed picture: two scores above 40 (67 off 40 balls against Mumbai Indians on 29 March 2026 and 50 off 36 balls against Gujarat T

Strongest format

Indian Premier League — The IPL accounts for 187 of Rahane's 391 career matches and 5,156 of his 14,096 runs. His T20 strike rate of 125.6 in the competition and his longevit

Career stats overview

82 Test · 86 ODI · 223 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

82 matches

5,067
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Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

86 matches

2,906
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The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

223 matches

6,123
Runs scored
1
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

14,096 runs across five competitions

Rahane has accumulated 14,096 runs in 391 matches spanning Test cricket, ODIs, T20 Internationals, the IPL and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. His overall batting average of 34.63 holds up across formats that demand very different approaches.

Test average of 39.28 in 82 matches

Rahane's strongest average comes in the longest format. Across 82 Test matches he has scored 5,067 runs at 39.28, making him one of the more consistent red-ball performers in the India side over the course of his career.

187 IPL appearances, 5,156 runs

The IPL is where Rahane has played most of his cricket, turning out in 187 matches and scoring 5,156 runs at a strike rate of 125.6. His average of 31.63 in the format reflects a batter who has contributed consistently across multiple franchises including Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sawai Mansingh his most productive ground

In 38 matches at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rahane has scored 1,230 runs at an average of 43.93 and a strike rate of 123.25. Those numbers comfortably outstrip his returns at any other venue.

Strong head-to-head record against Delhi Capitals

Against Delhi Capitals across 22 matches, Rahane averages 55.25 at a strike rate of 132.73, making them the opponent against whom his IPL numbers are most commanding. He has also averaged 41.78 against Australia across 30 matches in all formats.

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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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