Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane has retired from cricket. The right-handed batsman announced his decision to hang up the bat-ball forever through a video post on social media on Thursday. He has led several matches in the country’s jersey. At one time he was the co-captain of the country in the Test format. Handled the duties as Virat’s deputy. Like Dhoni, Virat, Rohit led the country. But one record, which the other three could not do, but Rahane holds that record.

Rahane has played a total of 9 matches as India’s captain in international cricket. It includes 6 Tests and 3 ODIs. And he did not lose a single match as captain. Won 4 out of 6 Test matches and drew 2. And in the three matches that he led in the ODI format, he snatched victory in all three.

That is, the number of rates is zero. India’s three greats Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Everyone has seen Sharma lose as captain in all formats. But Rahane never lost as captain. Even when India lost the 2020-2021 Border Gaoskar Trophy in Adelaide led by Virat Kohli, Rahane led in the next four matches. He also helped the team to win the series from the front.

It is to be noted that he has played 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20 matches in his international cricket. He played 212 matches in IPL for 6 different teams. In a video message on his Instagram, Rahane said, ‘This is the truth of life that everything has a beginning as well as an end. When the time comes, one should honor him and move on. I have always enjoyed and valued my batting. I feel that this is the best time for me to step down and retire from all formats of cricket.’ Last season KKRMany people raised questions about Rahane as the captain. Then it seemed that IPLMaybe this career will end. Before that, Jinx himself stood up.