Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, has not yet been able to win a single match in IPL 2026. In match number-25 held on Friday, Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata by 5 wickets, after which a shameful record was registered in the name of Rahane as captain.

Ajinkya Rahane also knows that now he cannot make any excuses, he will have to take responsibility for the defeat because the team has lost 5 out of 6 matches. The team got that one point due to the match being canceled (vs Punjab Kings), otherwise in that match also the team had lost 2 wickets early. Now KKR’s problems are increasing, they are in danger of being out of the playoff race.

Kolkata Knight Riders appointed Ajinkya Rahane as the captain in 2025. KKR’s first year under Rahane’s captaincy was also not good. In 2025, the team was out of the league stage, having won only 5 out of 14 matches. It was believed that the franchise could change its captain for IPL 2026, but he also expressed confidence in Rahane. Now Kolkata is once again moving towards being out of the league stage.

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Shameful record in Rahane’s name

Ajinkya Rahane has become the captain with the lowest win percentage (among captains who have captained at least 25 matches) in IPL history. Earlier this unwanted record was in the name of Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka.

Ajinkya Rahane has captained a total of 44 matches in IPL, out of which only 14 have been won. He has captained Kolkata Knight Riders in 19 matches, out of which the team has lost 12 matches. Rahane’s win percentage is 26.31%, which is the worst among all captains.

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Ajinkya Rahane’s performance

Talking about the performance of Ajinkya Rahane in IPL 2026, he has not been able to do anything special even with the bat. He could not even open his account against Gujarat Titans on Friday. He scored a half-century only in the first match, when he scored 67 runs against Mumbai Indians. He scored 8-8 runs against SRH and PBKS. He was able to score 28 runs against CSK. He has scored 152 runs in 6 innings.