This player got a chance to play Ajinkya Rahane WTC final, did not do wonders only on the basis of IPL performance
The Indian cricket team that will play in the final of the World Test Championship has been announced by the BCCI. This time BCCI has given place to many great players in the team. BCCI has included many surprising names in the team while many players have been shown the way out.
This time, senior cricketer Ajinkya Rahane has got a place to play in the final match of the World Test Championship. With this, once again he has become a part of the team. The presence of Ajinkya Rahane will strengthen the team in the match against Australia. The 34-year-old Ajinkya Rahane is the senior player of the team, whose place in the team is very surprising as he played his last Test match in January 2022. That is, after more than a year, he got a place in the Test team.
Did a blast in IPL
Ajinkya Rahane is performing strong in the ongoing Indian Premier League matches. He has done exceptionally well in 5 innings of IPL. But just seeing his game in IPL, he has not been made a part of such an important team. He has proved his game over a long period of time which has earned him a place in the World Test Championship squad.
Please tell that before IPL, Ajinkya Rahane was seen playing first class tournament Ranji Trophy. Ajinkya Rahane scored a lot of runs in this tournament. While captaining the Mumbai team, Rahane scored 634 runs in seven matches at an average of 58 in 11 innings. In this tournament, two centuries and a half-century came out of his bat. He also played a big innings of 204 runs. After his performance in Ranji Trophy, Ajinkya Rahane had said that it is not easy for any player to perform well in the middle order in Test matches in India. Referring to Virat Kohli to Cheteshwar Pujara, he had said that many players had to struggle for this.
Let us inform that apart from Ajinkya Rahane in Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz Ahmed had scored 556 runs in 9 innings of 6 matches, which included 3 centuries and a half-century. At the same time, Ajinkya has been given more preference than Sarfaraz to play the final. Actually Shreyas Iyer is currently injured, due to which Rahane has been included in the team. Whereas Ajinkya is more experienced than other players. He has also played in England, while he has also played many matches against Australia in which his performance has been very good. In such a situation, looking at the angle of England and Australia, the selectors have given a place in the team to the in-form Ajinkya Rahane.
If you look at the statistics, Ajinkya Rahane has played 82 Test matches so far. While playing in these matches, he has scored 5000 runs with the help of 12 centuries and 25 half-centuries. At the same time, Ajinkya Rahane has played a total of 15 Test matches in England. In these, he has scored 729 runs in 29 innings at an average of 26 with the help of one century and five half-centuries. His best performance here has been 103 runs.
At the same time, Ajinkya has scored a total of 39 centuries in first-class cricket. Please tell that Ajinkya Rahane has also captained the Indian team. In the absence of Virat Kohli in the year 2020-21, he captained the Indian team in Australia. The Indian team got a resounding victory in this series. Please tell that against Australia, Rahane has scored 1090 runs in 32 innings of 17 Tests at an average of 38, which includes two centuries and five half-centuries. His best performance is 147 runs. At the same time, even in IPL, Rahane’s bat is scoring runs. His bat has yielded more than 200 runs this season at a strike rate of 200. He has also done the feat of scoring a half-century in just 19 balls.
