Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has added that the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) should appoint Rinku Singh as their captain for IPL 2027. He stated that he wanted the middle-order batter to take over the captaincy role from Ajinkya Rahane even for IPL 2026. Notably, Rahane led KKR to a seventh-place finish in IPL 2026. However, he has announced his retirement, and now KKR will have a new captain in the upcoming season of the IPL.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I had said this earlier as well. I said this last year as well. I had said this after going to Kolkata as well. This question was asked in many places that who should be KKR’s next captain, whether they should continue with Ajinkya Rahane, and, if not Ajinkya, then who. I was constantly saying that the guy is ready and sitting with you.”

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“Rinku Singh is ready. Rinku Singh has captaincy experience. Rinku Singh is slightly underrated for sure, but he is the kind of character you need as a captain. He takes everyone along. He is kind of unassuming. He is a match-winner, performer, and contributor,” he added.

However, Aakash Chopra added that the Kolkata Knight Riders might look to acquire a captain in the IPL 2027 auction as well.

“He is the guy around whose shoulders you can keep your arm, explain things, and have a conversation. So, in my humble opinion, Rinku Singh should be made the captain because KKR will go shopping for a captain. They might get a foreign captain because now I am not 100 percent certain about Hardik Pandya’s trade being true. So if you don’t get a captain at all, you will have to go overseas, unless, of course, you are thinking about Rinku Singh, and if I am KKR, I will think of Rinku because Rinku hai taiyaar,” Aakash Chopra concluded.