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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are reportedly set to retain their captain, Ajinkya Rahane, for IPL 2026. According to Cricbuzz , the franchise is also likely to stick with Rahane as their captain, despite the team’s abject failure to defend the title in the 2025 season, where they finished seventh with only five wins from 14 matches.

That goes against the recent rumors that KKR might look to appoint Varun Chakaravarthy, a regular starter and lead spinner the captain.

On face value, Rahane was KKR’s best batter and top run-scorer with 390 runs at a strike rate of nearly 150 last season. However, a deeper look at the team’s dynamic would show that he was more of a problem than a solution for the needs: he fixed his batting spot at number three, which pushed both Ve

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