How Ajinkya Rahane led Mumbai to a record 42nd Ranji Trophy title
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“Captain Ajinkya Rahane has held this Mumbai team together.” Rahane’s Mumbai teammates rightfully said this throughout the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy season. On 14 March 2024, Mumbai clinched the Ranji Trophy for the record-extending 42nd time. Rahane was available for Mumbai for the entire season, barring two games, which he had to sit out due to a niggle. He scored a vital half-century in the second innings of the Ranji final but was woefully out of form otherwise. However, for Rahane, the championship trophy matters the most and not the runs in front of his name. Throughout the campaign, his leadership won the hearts of fans and critics and resourcefully marshalled his troops to end Mumbai’s title drought. In this episode of Kattyawarchya Gappa with Amol Karhadkar, Sports Journalist, The Hindu, Ajinkya talks about how domestic cricket has changed since his debut, Mumbai’s 2023-24 domestic season and how Mumbai won their 42nd Ranji Trophy title… कर्णधार अजिंक्य रहाणेने मुंबई संघाची मोट बांधून ठेवली आहे, असं त्याचे संघातले सहकारी संपूर्ण २०२३-२४ रणजी ट्रॉफी हंगाम म्हणत होते. त्याचीच फलनिष्पत्ती म्हणून मुंबईने १४ मार्च २०२४ ला विदर्भाला १६९ धावांनी हरवत ४२ व्यांदा रणजी ट्रॉफीवर आपलं नाव कोरलं. दुखापतीमुळे दोन सामने वगळता रहाणे मुंबईसाठी पूर्ण हंगाम खेळला. ह्या हंगामात त्याची बॅट अंतिम सामन्यातला दुसरा डाव वगळता कधी तळपली नाही, पण रहाणेला त्याच्या धावांपेक्षा संघ जिंकल्याचा आनंद जास्त आहे. त्याच्या नेत्तृत्वाने मात्र त्याने चाहत्यांची मनं जिंकून घेतली आणि २०१५-१६ नंतर पहिल्यांदाच मुंबईने रणजी ट्रॉफी जिंकली. ह्या विजेतेपदानंतर अजिंक्यने स्पोर्ट्स कट्ट्यावर द हिंदूचा क्रीडा पत्रकार अमोल कऱ्हाडकर बरोबर गप्पा मारल्या त्या देशांतर्गत क्रिकेटवर, मुंबईच्या हंगामाबद्दल, अजिंक्यच्या पदार्पणापासून आत्तापर्यंत बदललेल्या क्रिकेटबद्दल आणि मुंबईने ४२वं रणजी ट्रॉफी विजेतेपद कसं जिंकलं ह्यावर...
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