Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane is showing excellent form in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. In the match against Kerala on Friday (29 November), he played a brilliant inning of 68 runs in 35 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. This is his second back-to-back half-century in the tournament. Earlier, he had played an inning of 52 runs against Maharashtra, with the help of which Mumbai won by 5 wickets. Rahane is currently making a lot of headlines on social media due to his excellent form.

KKR shared a special post of Rahane-

Regarding Ajinkya Rahane’s back-to-back half-century innings, IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders wrote on social media,

Back-to-back 50s! Talvar aise hi chalte 𝙍𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 do

Back-to-back 50s! Talvar aise hi chalte 𝙍𝙖𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙚 do 🔥 pic.twitter.com/YmZ9idFGT0

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) November 29, 2024

Ajinkya Rahane remained unsold in the first round of IPL 2025 mega auction, but later Kolkata Knight Riders showed confidence in him and bought him for Rs 1.50 crore. Rahane’s bat has started roaring fiercely as soon as he joined KKR. Let us tell you, Rahane has played for Kolkata before also.

Rahane could not lead Mumbai to victory

Talking about the match between Kerala and Mumbai at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, Kerala, batting first, scored 234 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. Rohan Kunnumal scored 87 runs in 48 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes and Salman Nizar played a brilliant inning of 99 runs in 49 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. For Mumbai, Mohit Awasthi scored 44 runs for 44 runs in 4 overs.

While chasing the target, Mumbai team could score only 191 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs and Kerala registered a spectacular victory by 43 runs. For Mumbai, captain Shreyas Iyer scored 32 runs in 18 balls and Ajinkya Rahane scored a half-century. At the same time, M.D. for Kerala. Nidhish took the maximum of 4 wickets giving 30 runs in 4 overs.