Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Thu, 24 Feb 2022 03:25 PM IST
Summary
Rahane had scored a century against Sri Lanka just before the selection of the Test team. Despite this, his place could not be made. He has disappointed fans in his first innings after being dropped from the Indian team. Rahane could not even open the account in the second match against Goa.
Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw
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After being dropped from the Indian cricket team, Ajinkya Rahane is expected to perform well in the Ranji Trophy. Rahane had scored a century against Sri Lanka just before the selection of the Test team. Despite this, his place could not be made. He has disappointed fans in his first innings after being dropped from the Indian team. Rahane could not even open the account in the second match against Goa. After facing three balls, he returned to the pavilion on a personal score of zero.
In the 10th over, experienced batsman Rahane was trapped in front of the wicket by Lakshya Garg. He got out lbw. Rahane scored a century against Saurashtra. Apart from him, four other Mumbai batsmen also could not open the account. Among them are wicket-keeper batsmen Aditya Tare, Shams Mulani, Dhawal Kulkarni and Prashant Solanki. Mumbai’s team was bundled out for 163 runs in 52.4 overs.
Sarfaraz Khan, who scored a double century in the last match, scored the highest 63 runs. He faced 110 balls and hit nine fours. Tanush Kotian scored 30 runs, Sachin Yadav scored 27 and Drew Gomel scored 21 runs. Captain Prithvi Shaw fails once again. He scored just nine runs off 13 balls. In the last match against Saurashtra, he could score only one run.
Talking about Ajinkya Rahane, India’s chief selector Chetan Sharma has confirmed that the doors are not closed for the dropped senior players. He will have to score runs to make a comeback. Apart from Rahane, the selection committee dropped Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha.
Chetan Sharma had said, “We have given a lot of thought to his names. We have decided to keep him out of the series against Sri Lanka. We asked him to play Ranji. For these two matches we have decided to give chance to others. done. They can still make a comeback.”