Surprisingly, it was a major surprise for fans that Ajinkya Rahane was announced the captain despite receiving a humble remunaration of INR 1.50. Even though he is yet to prove his captaincy abilities, he gifted the audiences a power-packed innings to the fans, scoring a speedy hald century. Rahane made a 100-run partnership with Sunil Narine (44), with himself scoring 56 runs off 31 balls. After the departure of Quinton de Kock, both Narine and Rahane started steady, until Rashik Salam came and Rahane rained boundaries against him. By the end of the power play, he was batting at 39. Before leaving, Rahane smacked six boundaries and four boundaries. With that, memes overpowered on social media. Few remembered Ajju's Rajasthan Royal's heritage, while few spoke about his days in Chennai Super Kings, where a new Rahane was unfolded. Meanwhile, one of the fans ignited a revenge theme, where it is said that he might be answering a lot of doubts regarding the 2021-22 Border Gavaskar win, having Ravi Shastri in the com-box and Virat Kohli on field. Rajasthan Royal blood Rahane own HaarCB 💪🏻#KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/15AEkIIQXL — Lala (@FabulasGuy) March 22, 2025 Haters: Rahane is finished now. He is not suitable for T20I!*Le Rahane :#KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/7Xv0RdGnLN — देव 🔆 (@refocus21) March 22, 2025 RCB bowlers to Rahane and Narine :#KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/I7LzWfUrg9 — Ex Bhakt (@exbhakt_) March 22, 2025 #KKRvsRCB #IPL2025 CSK blood Rahane thrashing RCB bowlers🔥🥳 Let’s go💃 pic.twitter.com/DAccvwLede — Mastikhor 🤪 (@ventingout247) March 22, 2025 Ravi Shastri in commentary box.Virat Kohli on the ground.And Ajinkya Rahane is batting like he wants the credit of BGT win which Shastri gave to Kohli. 😭😭😭#KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/iejJoNeMfL — ANSHUMAN🚩 (@AvengerReturns) March 22, 2025 Ajinkya Rahane against RCB #KKRvsRCB #IPL2025 pic.twitter.com/ZxibrKsmiC — Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) March 22, 2025 Ajinkya Rahane the beast #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/HnBx4om7ke — Vaibhav Mishra (@adkeys22) March 22, 2025 Captain Ajinkya Rahane at Eden Gardens.#IPL2025 #JioHotstar #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/dpYodpj78L — Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) March 22, 2025 Whenever you feel down and out in life, just remember Ajinkya Rahane. He went unsold initially, came back later, became captain and now he’s leading from the front and dominating RCB. Don’t lose hope, just keep doing it, over and over again. #KKRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/1IlirvqQBX — Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) March 22, 2025 Read also: KKR vs RCB Live Blog: IPL 2025 Match 1 Score & Key Moments Krunal Pandya, the star with the ball, dismissed Rahane All-rounder Krunal Pandya took three crucial wickets, with one of Ajinkya Rahane. In the 11th over, Krunal Pandya dismissed Ajinkya Rahane in a well-executed trap during the IPL 2025 match. Rahane attempted to clear the boundary but misjudged his shot, pulling a 98kph length ball straight to deep-backward square leg. His attempt to lift it ended in a catch, adding to RCB's quick breakthroughs. Krunal later took the wickets of Venkatesh Iyer and Rinky Singh. KKR ended their innings scoring 174 runs. Apart from Rahane and Narine, the young Angkrish Raghuvanshi added 30 runs.