Sports · 2 August 2026
Ajinkya Rahane Announces Retirement from International Cricket
Exam-focused facts from the 2 August 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from international cricket and all formats with immediate effect.
- The 38-year-old played 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is for India in a career that began in 2013.
- Rahane's last international match was in 2023 during India's West Indies tour.
- His last competitive match was in the 2026 Mumbai T20 league, where he captained North Mumbai Panthers.
- In Tests, Rahane scored 5,077 runs at an average of 38.46, including 12 centuries and 26 half-centuries.
- In ODIs, he made 2,962 runs with three centuries and 24 fifties.
- In T20Is, he scored 375 runs including one half-century.
- Rahane said in an Instagram video that he wants to help groom the next generation of cricketers.