IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) did not have a great start in IPL 2025 as they lost their first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). However, Ajinkya Rahane played well in that game, scoring 56 runs in a captain’s knock. Now, KKR will face Rajasthan Royals (RR), and Rahane has a chance to break a special record held by Gautam Gambhir.
Rahane Can Surpass Gambhir in Boundaries Record
Ajinkya Rahane is currently seventh in the list of most fours in IPL history. He has hit 484 fours so far. If he hits nine more fours against Rajasthan Royals, he will surpass Gautam Gambhir, who has 492 fours in IPL history. If he manages to hit eight fours, he will equal Gambhir’s record.
Top Players with Most Fours in IPL History
Here are the players with the most fours in IPL:
- Shikhar Dhawan – 768 fours in 222 matches
- Virat Kohli – 709 fours in 253 matches
- David Warner – 663 fours
- Rohit Sharma – 599 fours
Rahane’s Overall IPL Record
Rahane has played 186 IPL matches so far, scoring 4698 runs. He has hit 2 centuries and 31 half-centuries in his career.
His last two seasons were not very impressive:
- IPL 2024: 242 runs in 13 matches
- IPL 2023: 326 runs in 14 matches
However, his best IPL seasons were in 2012 and 2015, where he scored 560 runs and 540 runs, respectively.
Now, fans will be excited to see if Rahane can break Gambhir’s record against Rajasthan Royals.
