What are Ajinkya Rahane's IPL 2026 stats?

Ajinkya Rahane took the field for Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664). (Sample: 1 match. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation, IPL 2026.)

Ajinkya Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders · right arm fast medium · right-hand bat · Batter

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Matches

327

Runs

135.1

Strike Rate

27.3

Average

Sixes

Fifties

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)

129.3

SR · 150 balls · 194 R

194 runs19 4s11 6s

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Middle (7–15)

144.6

SR · 92 balls · 133 R

133 runs5 4s7 6s

Death (16–20)sub-floor

—

SR · 0 balls · 0 R

0 runs0 4s0 6s

Aggregated from lineup captain flags across 13 captured IPL 2026 fixtures.

Metric	IPL 2026 matches captained
Value	13 matches
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-09-08T00:52:17.969Z

P3 — Form & phase

5 claims

IPL 2026 season presence

Ajinkya Rahane appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Kolkata Knight Riders, most recently on 2026-05-24.

13 matchesn=13 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane scores at 129.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (150-ball sample, #36 of 45 qualifying batters).

129.3 SRn=150 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)

Ajinkya Rahane's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: MI — 88 runs in 2 innings (avg 44.0).

88 runs vs MIn=2 innings, 57 balls faced · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)

Ajinkya Rahane's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 220 (+0 vs venue par) when he made 67 vs MI on 2026-03-29.

+0 vs parn=4 qualifying innings · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane powerplay strike rate 129.3 in IPL 2026 (150 balls).

129.3n=150 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims

Kolkata Knight Riders appearance rank, IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane ranks #2 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Kolkata Knight Riders squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).

#2 of 21n=21-player KKR cohort · IPL 2026 to date

Batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane strike rate 135.1 in IPL 2026 (242 balls, 13 innings).

135.1n=242 balls faced · IPL 2026↗

Runs scored in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane scored 327 runs in IPL 2026 (13 innings, avg 27.3).

327n=13 innings · IPL 2026↗

Sixes hit in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane hit 18 sixes in IPL 2026 (13 innings).

18n=13 innings · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

3 claims

IPL 2026 best 1st-wicket partnership

Ajinkya Rahane's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 66 with Finn Allen in 32 balls vs MI on 2026-03-29.

66 runsn=1 partnership · 32 balls · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership

Ajinkya Rahane's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 83 for the 2nd wicket with Angkrish Raghuvanshi vs LSG on 2026-04-09.

83 runs (2nd-wkt)n=1 partnership · 53 balls · IPL 2026 to date

Half-centuries in IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane scored 2 half-centuries in IPL 2026.

2n=13 innings · IPL 2026↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims

IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance

Ajinkya Rahane took the field for Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664).

KKR vs DCn=1 match · 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664)

IPL 2026 first appearance

Ajinkya Rahane first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-29 vs MI (fixture 69519).

2026-03-29n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	13	13	327	27.3	135.1	0	2	67*
IPL career	196	196	5359	32.5	125.7	2	35	105

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	BBI	5w
IPL career	1	1	1	5	5	—	0

IPL career before 2026

Ajinkya Rahane scored 5,032 runs in 183 pre-2026 IPL matches (2007/08–2025), strike rate 125.1.

Batting by season

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2007/08	MI	2	4	4	—	2	1	0
2009	MI	7	144	62	119	24	12	3
2011	RR	7	120	52	122.4	20	12	2
2012	RR	16	560	103	129.3	40	73	10
2013	RR	18	488	68	106.6	34.86	42	11
2014	RR	12	339	72	116.5	28.25	38	3
2015	RR	13	540	91	131.1	49.09	53	13
2016	Rising Pune Supergiant	14	480	74	127	43.64	54	9
2017	Rising Pune Supergiant	16	382	60	118.3	25.47	35	9
2018	RR	14	370	65	118.2	28.46	39	5
2019	RR	13	393	105	137.9	32.75	45	9
2020/21	DC	8	113	60	105.6	14.13	12	2
2021	DC	1	8	8	—	8	1	0
2022	KKR	7	133	44	103.9	19	14	4
2023	CSK	11	326	71	172.5	32.6	24	16
2024	CSK	12	242	45	123.5	20.17	24	7
2025	KKR	12	390	61	147.7	35.45	36	20
Career	CSK, DC, KKR, MI, Rising Pune Supergiant, RR	183	5032	105	125.1	30.5	515	123

Bowling by season

Season	Mat	Wkts	Econ	Avg	SR
2009	1	1	—	5	6
Career	1	1	—	5	6

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form

Date	Match	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Dismissal	Result
2026-05-24	KKR vs DC	63	39	161.5	4	4	caught	L
2026-05-20	KKR vs MI	21	17	123.5	4	0	caught	W
2026-05-16	KKR vs GT	14	14	100.0	1	1	bowled	W
2026-05-13	RCB vs KKR	19	13	146.2	3	1	caught	L
2026-05-08	DC vs KKR	13*	9	144.4	1	1	Not out	W
2026-05-03	SRH vs KKR	43	36	119.4	4	1	caught	W
2026-04-26	LSG vs KKR	10	15	66.7	0	1	caught	W
2026-04-19	KKR vs RR	0	2	0.0	0	0	caught	W

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Match	Runs	Balls	SR	Date
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium	67	40	167.5	2026-03-29
vs DC · Eden Gardens	63	39	161.5	2026-05-24
vs SRH · Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	43	36	119.4	2026-05-03
vs LSG · Eden Gardens	41	24	170.8	2026-04-09
vs CSK · MA Chidambaram Stadium	28	22	127.3	2026-04-14
vs MI · Eden Gardens	21	17	123.5	2026-05-20

Batting positions · IPL 2026

Batted at 3 distinct positions (#1–#3).

Pos	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg
#1 opener	9	291	207	140.6	36.38
#2 opener	3	8	13	61.5	2.67
#3 top order	1	28	22	127.3	28.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

How Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed across 12 wickets.

92%

Caught

Bowled

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team

vs Team	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
MI	2	88	57	154.4	44.0	7	5	67
DC	2	76	48	158.3	76.0	5	5	63
SRH	2	51	46	110.9	25.5	4	1	43
LSG	2	51	39	130.8	25.5	4	3	41
CSK	1	28	22	127.3	28.0	0	2	28
RCB	1	19	13	146.2	19.0	3	1	19
GT	2	14	15	93.3	7.0	1	1	14
RR	1	0	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Venue	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
Eden Gardens	6	147	106	138.7	24.5	13	7	63
Wankhede Stadium	1	67	40	167.5	67.0	3	5	67
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	1	43	36	119.4	43.0	4	1	43
MA Chidambaram Stadium	1	28	22	127.3	28.0	0	2	28
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium	1	19	13	146.2	19.0	3	1	19
Arun Jaitley Stadium	1	13	9	144.4	—	1	1	13*

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowler	Balls	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Axar Patel	15	24	160.0	1	2
Jasprit Bumrah	14	19	135.7	3	0
Mohammed Shami	12	14	116.7	1	1
Trent Boult	11	13	118.2	0	1
Digvesh Rathi	11	17	154.5	3	0
Mitchell Starc	11	13	118.2	1	1
AM Ghazanfar	9	14	155.6	0	1
Abhishek Sharma	9	13	144.4	2	0
Shivang Kumar	8	9	112.5	1	0
Kagiso Rabada	8	8	100.0	0	1
Deepak Chahar	8	7	87.5	1	0
Auqib Nabi	8	18	225.0	1	2

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

Captain matchups · IPL 2026

P5 · Captain rivalry

Every captain-vs-captain matchup involving Ajinkya Rahane this season. Each row links to the fixture-by-fixture record at /h2h/captain. Sample-size floor: ≥1 match captained directly against the opposing captain.

vs captain	Matches	Rahane W	L
Hardik Pandya	2	1	1
Rishabh Pant	2	1	1
Shubman Gill	2	1	1
Axar Patel	2	1	1
Ishan Kishan	1	0	1
Ruturaj Gaikwad	1	0	1
Riyan Parag	1	1	0
Pat Cummins	1	1	0
Rajat Patidar	1	0	1

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures where Ajinkya Rahane was the designated captain. Captain status from per-player lineup metadata.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor

vs Pace

124.7

SR of 124.7 vs pace bowling — 154 balls faced

154 balls·11 6s

vs Spin

145.2

SR of 145.2 vs spin bowling — 84 balls faced

84 balls·5 6s

Full breakdown at /players/ajinkya-rahane/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Ajinkya

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026

Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for

Kolkata Knight Riders

Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar · 131 balls Axar Patel · 98 balls Mohammed Shami · 81 balls Sandeep Sharma · 79 balls Jasprit Bumrah · 68 balls Trent Boult · 62 balls Sunil Narine · 61 balls Ishant Sharma · 58 balls

Venues played at

Eden Gardens · 6 matches Wankhede Stadium · 1 match MA Chidambaram Stadium · 1 match Narendra Modi Stadium · 1 match Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Who is Ajinkya Rahane?▾

Ajinkya Rahane is an Indian cricketer playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026 as a batter (right arm fast medium), right-handed batter born in Ashwi KD.

Which IPL 2026 team does Ajinkya play for?▾

Ajinkya Rahane plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026.

How many IPL 2026 matches has Ajinkya appeared in?▾

Ajinkya Rahane appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Kolkata Knight Riders, most recently on 2026-05-24.

What was Ajinkya's most recent IPL 2026 performance?▾

Ajinkya Rahane has captained his team in 13 IPL 2026 matches.

How many runs has Ajinkya scored in IPL 2026?▾

Ajinkya Rahane's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: MI — 88 runs in 2 innings (avg 44.0).

What is Ajinkya's powerplay strike rate in IPL 2026?▾

Ajinkya Rahane scores at 129.3 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (150-ball sample, #36 of 45 qualifying batters).

What is Ajinkya's standout performance in IPL 2026?▾

Ajinkya Rahane's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 66 with Finn Allen in 32 balls vs MI on 2026-03-29.

How regular is Ajinkya in the Kolkata Knight Riders lineup?▾

Ajinkya Rahane ranks #2 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Kolkata Knight Riders squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).

Where is Ajinkya from?▾

Ajinkya Rahane is Indian, born in Ashwi KD.

Where can I find Ajinkya's full IPL 2026 stats?▾

Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Ajinkya Rahane are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/ajinkya-rahane — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.

When was Ajinkya born?▾

Ajinkya Rahane was born on 5 June 1988.

Is Ajinkya a right-hand or left-hand batter?▾

Ajinkya Rahane bats right-handed.

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Ajinkya Rahane to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_277916

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