March 26 (CRICKETNMORE) - Days went bad to worse for Steve Smith after getting found as the culprit of ball tampering during a test match that was being played against South Africa at Newlands. Now the news has been declared officially by Rajasthan Royals that they have taken the charge of captaincy from Steve Smith and announced Ajinkya Rahane as their new captain for IPL 2018.

Ajinkya Rahane carries a descent record of captaincy in T20 under his name, as per his records he has captained in 4 T20I “list A” matches and made his team win for 3 times with 1 defeat.