Ajinkya Rahane eyes ODI comeback with consistent show in Tests
Cricket | November 12, 2019 17:08 ISTRahane, who is an integral part of the Test team, believes he can make it to the Indian ODI team if he keeps on piling runs in red-ball cricket.
Rahane, who is an integral part of the Test team, believes he can make it to the Indian ODI team if he keeps on piling runs in red-ball cricket.
The pink ball will be used for the first time in India during the India-Bangladesh day/night match at Eden Gardens from November 22.
Ajinkya Rahane put out remarkable performances, and has once again proved to be a player to bank upon when the going gets tough.
India beat South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in Ranchi to complete a 3-0 series whitewash over South Africa.
During the press conference after Day 2, a journalist had a slip of tongue as he said "Saala chabuk batting karta hai," while talking about Ajinkya Rahane.
In his 61 Tests, India vice-captain Rahane was neither run out himself, nor was his partner caught short of crease during a stand.
Play was called off early yet again after bad light forced the player's to go off the field as South Africa ended day two on 9/2, trailing India by 488 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane scored his 11th Test century and second of 2019 on Sunday as India took on South Africa on day two if the second Test in Ranchi.
With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (83 batting off 135) shared an unbeaten 185-run stand to stage the home team's remarkable recovery.
With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (83 batting off 135) shared an unbeaten 185-run stand to stage the home team's remarkable recovery.
Ashwin, who had entered the top 10 after the first Test in Visakhapatnam, has now moved to the seventh spot, courtesy his six wickets which he took against the Proteas in the second Test.
Jadeja and Kohli added 225 runs to the scoreboard for the fifth wicket on day 2 during which the Indian skipper scored a record-scripting seventh double century before converting it into his maiden 250 in Test cricket, while the all-rounder scored his 12th Test fifty.
Theunis de Bruyn (20) and Anrich Nortje (2) will resume South Africa's innings tomorrow. The visitors trail India by 565 runs.
Rahane uploaded an image of his first child with wife Radhika Dhopavkar on Monday.
Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane has become a father, as wife Radhika gives birth to a baby girl.
Ajinkya Rahane ended his long wait for a Test century last month, when he reached the three-figure mark against West Indies.
Many believe that Rohit's audacious strokeplay has brought about his downfall in Test cricket, but Rahane thinks otherwise.
India need 8 wickets to win with two days remaining while West Indies need 423 runs to save the series.
Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari struck fifties to set West Indies an improbable target of 468 to win the match before Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami picked up 2 wickets to peg the hosts further.
Team India's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has said that it is hard to see 'quality player' like Rohit Sharma on the bench, but insisted on the importance of team combination.
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