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Indian cricketer was not getting any buyer in IPL auction
Chennai Super Kings bought generously for Rs 50 lakh
New Delhi: It is seen in every IPL auction that if a player is not able to perform well in the previous season, then he is dropped from the coming season or he is bought by a team at a low price. Something similar happened with Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane. CSK bought him generously in the IPL 2023 mini-auction for just Rs 50 lakh. No franchise was ready to bid on Rahane in the auction.
The decision whether Ajinkya Rahane will be able to play for Chennai or not will be in the hands of the team management or Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Rahane has already played with Dhoni in Rising Pune Supergiants. However, there has been a strike rate problem with Rahane. He bats very slow.
Rahane struggling with bad form since last 3
The year 2019 IPL was excellent for Rahane. In that season, he scored 393 runs in 13 innings. He also played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs. His form declined after the 2019 IPL. In 2020 he scored 113 runs in 8 innings, in 2021 scored 8 runs in 2 matches, then in 2022 could score only 133 runs in 7 innings. Rahane also scored a century in the year 2012.
5 players have been out on 99 in IPL, 4 Indians are also included in the list including Chris Gayle
Rahane’s IPL career
Ajinkya Rahane has played 158 matches in IPL so far. During this, 4074 runs have come out of his bat. His highest score has been 105. If we see his overall strike rate, then it is 120, which is less in terms of T20. His average was also 30 during this period.
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Tags: Ajinkya Rahane, chennai super kings, Csk, IPL 2023, ms dhoni
FIRST PUBLISHED : March 30, 2023