Jump to content

Ajinkya Rahane

fake_Bezawada

By fake_Bezawada
in Discussions

 Share

Recommended Posts

fake_Bezawada LEGEND

fake_Bezawada

Posted
  • Author
Posted

India vs England: Cheteshwar Pujara backs struggling Ajinkya Rahane to return to form soon

0
 
 

  • 9

  •  

  • 0

  •  

  •  

By PTI 

 

 

Mohali: One of India's most dependable batsman outside the sub-continent has hit a rough patch but Ajinkya Rahane found support from teammate Cheteshwar Pujara, who backed him to come good in the coming matches.

 

Rahane has so far totalled 53 runs from five innings at a horrible average of 10.60.

Out of his five dismissals, the strange aspect has been his shot selection against spinners.

Ajinkya Rahane. AP

Ajinkya Rahane. AP

One might find it strange but Rahane has been dismissed by all three types of spinners. Off-spinner Moeen Ali and left-arm spinner Zafar Ansari outwitted him at batting paradise in Rajkot.

At Mohali on Sunday, it was the turn of leg-spinner Adil Rasheed to add his name to the 'Rahane Conquerors' list. In between even pacers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad has added to his misery at Visakhapatnam.

But it is his shot selection against spinners that is coming under scanner.

Against Moeen, Rahane decided to play the cut shot against the turn to a conventional off-break and was bowled. In the first innings, Ansari bowled a fuller delivery which he decided to play across the line and was cleaned up.

On Sunday, he failed to read a googly from Rashid and was caught plumb in-front.

It would be interesting to know as to what kind of words batting coach Sanjay Bangar will have for him.

Rashid said later in the day that it was a gut feeling that googly will work against Rahane considering that he was having trouble playing the ball that was turning into him.

"I looked to bowl fairly straight at him (Rahane) and mix one (googly). That one just came out quite good and trapped him in front. Some time you plan, sometimes it's just a gut feeling. Whatever it is, it is," Rashid said after the match.

Predictably, Pujara stood by his teammate and feels that it will take one good innings to roar back to form.

"I don't think there is any worry for the team. The way he has batted in the past --- overseas and in Indian conditions and all formats of the game, he has been a successful player. Matter of couple of innings. Once he starts scoring runs, he will be back in form. He is an important player in the team."

May be it's time to go back to the drawing board for India's most dependable middle-order batsman who boasts of having scored Test hundreds at venues like MCG, Lord's, Wellington, Colombo, Kingston.

 

First Published On : Nov 27, 2016 19:11 IST

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 70
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • fake_Bezawada

    43

  • Prakashnagar

    4

  • Butterthief

    4

  • Kool_SRG

    3

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

fake_Bezawada LEGEND

fake_Bezawada

Posted
  • Author
Posted

India vs England: Ajinkya Rahane's consistency makes him a pillar of hosts' middle order

0
 
 

  • 43

  •  

  • 0

  •  

  •  

 

 

Ajinkya Rahane's fortunes in recent months could best be described by the word 'mixed' — much like that of a typical Bollywood masala flick.

Rahane's stature as a Test batsman has grown by leaps and bounds, and he now features among the top run-getters in India's recent engagements in the five-day format. However, it is his struggles with the bat in limited-overs cricket that has taken the sheen off his Test exploits.

 
Rahane is among the top run-getters in India's recent Tests. Reuters

Rahane is among the top run-getters in India's recent Tests. Reuters

Rahane has been vital for the middle order by accumulating runs at a steady pace and rotating the strike, a classic example of which was his mammoth 365-run stand for the fourth wicket with captain Virat Kohli in the Indore Test against New Zealand, and was the second-highest run-getter in the Test series against both West Indies and New Zealand.

Coming into the marathon home series against England, Rahane would be upbeat on the back of his recent exploits in Test cricket. His highest score of 188, a byproduct of his massive partnership with Kohli, would have done his confidence a world of good.

His struggles in the recent ODI series against the Black Caps, however, would have dented him slightly, with the Mumbai batsman failing to make an impact at the top of the order while occupying the slot emptied by the injured KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan. The prospect of losing one's place in the team in a particular format can be unsettling, and Rahane will have to put that past him in his preparations for the upcoming five-Test series starting 9 November.

The 28-year-old's path in cricket started in Mumbai, the city which he represented across age-levels in the sport. Rahane batted his way to the Mumbai senior team, which he represented in the Ranji Trophy. He displayed signs of a flourishing career in his very second Ranji season, becoming only the 11th player in the history of India's premier domestic tournament.

While his glorious run in the Ranji Trophy continued over the next couple of editions, it was his two centuries in the four-day fixtures in the Emerging Players Tournament in 2011 that propelled him into the Indian team for the first time. Rahane hit a 39-ball 61 in his international debut in the one-off T20I against England in Manchester. It was a sign of things to come.

Rahane's Test debut, however, was not as rosy as that in limited overs, and he managed only eight runs in his two innings against Australia in 2013.

His career graph was not without its crests and troughs thereafter. While the runs flowed in the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Indian Premier League (in which he gathered 560 and 488 runs respectively), his place in the national team across formats was not a guaranteed one. It was only after he started gathering runs on the surfaces of South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia that he became an integral part of the side.

 

 

Among his most memorable knocks so far are his fine century in Lord's in the summer of 2014, and a fluent 147 at Melbourne later that year, both of which confirmed the No 5 spot as his in the Indian Test side. In the 2015 World Cup, he scored a valuable 79, which eventually helped the Men in Blue beat the Proteas for the first time in cricket's grandest tournament.

In the home Test series against South Africa in late 2015, Rahane became only the fifth Indian batsman to score a century in each innings of a Test, amassing 127 and an unbeaten 100 in Delhi. His intent to score runs has not dipped by the slightest, resulting in a consistent run heading into the upcoming England series.

It is his valiant ton against the Englishmen at Lord's that will serve as an inspiration for Rahane ahead of the first Test at Rajkot. His overall record against England, though, is not exactly his best — his average of 33.22 against them is only slightly better than that against Sri Lanka, against whom he has the worst record among all opponents.

Given the absence of a leading spinner in the English squad for the upcoming series, as well as the doubts over James Anderson's fitness for the series, Rahane will be smacking his lips at the prospect of improving his average against Alastair Cook and Co. That could go on to play an important part in India's ultimate mission of avenging the spate of series losses they have suffered recently at the hands of England.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
fake_Bezawada LEGEND

fake_Bezawada

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Statement by MSk Prasad chief selector deeni batti ardam chesukondi ma rahahe ki entha backup vundho selectors nunchi so inko 10 innings duck out ayna sare aath care mavadi career ki no problem

 

 

CHENNAI: Even as India took a 2-0 lead in the five-match Test series against England, chief selector MSK Prasad was at the SSN College Grounds watching the Ranji Trophy proceedings between Delhi and Vidarbha on Tuesday. But that didn't stop the 41-year-old former India stumper to keep a tab on proceedings in Mohali.

"Did you watch the stunner that Ajinkya Rahane took at slip? His contribution on the field has just been outstanding, and I am not worried about his batting form," he mentioned.

The runs from Rahane's willow may have dried up, but his teammate R Ashwin doesn't have to worry about such problems at all. Ashwin's success with the ball is widely documented, but his prowess with the bat has provided depth to India's line-up.

"Ashwin is no longer a bowler, but a dependable batsman. His timing is so perfect that people mistake him for VVS Laxman. Ashwin's batting makes other players feel more relaxed in the dressing room," mentioned Prasad.

That's not all. Prasad revealed how Ashwin had backed Jayant Yadav's inclusion into the national side. "Ashwin always shares his knowledge. He has watched Jayant

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Kontekurradu LEGEND

Kontekurradu

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, fake_Bezawada said:

Statement by MSk Prasad chief selector deeni batti ardam chesukondi ma rahahe ki entha backup vundho selectors nunchi so inko 10 innings duck out ayna sare aath care mavadi career ki no problem

 

 

CHENNAI: Even as India took a 2-0 lead in the five-match Test series against England, chief selector MSK Prasad was at the SSN College Grounds watching the Ranji Trophy proceedings between Delhi and Vidarbha on Tuesday. But that didn't stop the 41-year-old former India stumper to keep a tab on proceedings in Mohali.

"Did you watch the stunner that Ajinkya Rahane took at slip? His contribution on the field has just been outstanding, and I am not worried about his batting form," he mentioned.

The runs from Rahane's willow may have dried up, but his teammate R Ashwin doesn't have to worry about such problems at all. Ashwin's success with the ball is widely documented, but his prowess with the bat has provided depth to India's line-up.

"Ashwin is no longer a bowler, but a dependable batsman. His timing is so perfect that people mistake him for VVS Laxman. Ashwin's batting makes other players feel more relaxed in the dressing room," mentioned Prasad.

That's not all. Prasad revealed how Ashwin had backed Jayant Yadav's inclusion into the national side. "Ashwin always shares his knowledge. He has watched Jayant

ayithe ealli adidi Yes    Amount changed from £8 to £9.50 in new forms  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...
fake_Bezawada LEGEND

fake_Bezawada

Posted
  • Author
Posted
4 minutes ago, lazybugger said:

Rahane will be man of series for this England series.

100% no doubt in that 

debba tinna bakka puli vurike vundadu ee series lo MOS rahane ne 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 months later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...