IPL 2023: Ajinkya Rahane looking in great rhythm, know about his best IPL innings so far

Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane is having a wonderful time at present. His bat is also speaking a lot in IPL. Chennai Super Kings bought him for just Rs 50 lakh. But he is continuously scoring runs for the team. Ajinkya Rahane has scored 224 runs in 6 matches at an astonishing strike rate of 189 and an average of 44.80. He also got the benefit of this performance. Rahane has also returned to the Indian Test team for the World Test Championship final after Shreyas Iyer was injured. Due to poor form, he had to be dropped from Team India.

 

Rahane was an integral part of Rajasthan for some time. A fine match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Once Rahane used to be in the Rajasthan team. He has also played many memorable innings at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. However, he could not play a good inning on Thursday. Rahane scored 15 runs in 13 balls. Chennai Super Kings have also lost in this match. However, if we talk about Rahane’s classy innings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, he showed his class against Delhi Daredevils in 2013. Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane started briskly and even after Dravid was dismissed for 53, Rahane continued his cool and got out after scoring 63 runs in 45 balls.

 

In this match held in 2012, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to field. Rahane put on 77 runs for the first wicket with Rahul Dravid and never stopped his onslaught during the innings. His innings ended on 98 off 66 balls, taking Rajasthan to 191. Delhi suffered a major setback when Ajinkya Rahane scored a century in 2019. These were the days when he was not at his best but he managed to hit his limit in this particular match. Delhi won the toss. Rajasthan had to bat first. Rahane finds his boundary opening the batting. Rahane scored a super century with the help of three sixes and 11 fours. He got support from Steve Smith and Rajasthan managed to make 191.