Ajinkya Rahane – The name of Ajinkya Rahane for the vice-captain was in the race and now, there could be a case when he might lead the side.
Rahane, team India’s Test vice-captain, seems to be an automatic replacement to replace Smith.
He has not led an IPL team till now and if appointed as captain, this will be the first time when he will lead a team in IPL.
Rahane was the member of the Rising Pune Supergiant that ended the tourney as runner-up last year under Steven Smith.
Rahane has an experience of playing 111 IPL matches in which he has scored 3057 runs at 33.59.
He was retained by the franchise on the auction day for an amount of Rs 4 Crore by the use of Right to Match (RTM) card.