The bat of experienced batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who was sidelined from the Indian cricket team, is making a lot of noise in England. This former captain of Team India has scored a brilliant hundred in the County Championship Division 2 match. This is the 40th century of Rahane’s first class cricket career. While playing for Leicestershire, he played a explosive innings against Glamorgan. He made Leicestershire’s comeback by scoring a century in the match being played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. Rahane, who has been away from the Test team for almost 13 months, is hoping to make a comeback in Team India. This century would have boosted his confidence.
Ajinkya Rahane played an innings of 102 runs on 190 balls for Leicestershire in the match against Glamorgan. Glamorgan had scored 550 runs for 9 wickets in the first innings. This innings of Rahane has given some hope to Leicestershire. With this, Rahane ended the century drought in first class cricket that had been going on for almost two years. He scored his 39th century in a Ranji Trophy match against Assam in January 2023.
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Rahane and Handscomb take charge of Leicestershire
Two overseas batsmen, Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb, put Leicestershire out of trouble. At one time the Leicestershire team had lost three wickets at the score of 74. After being bundled out for 251 runs in the first innings, Leicestershire batsman Rahane along with Handscomb took charge of the innings. Both of them made a partnership of 183 runs for the fourth wicket. Rahane was dismissed by part-time off-spinner Kiran Carlson before the lunch break. Handscomb was playing after scoring 90 runs when Rahane was out.
Rahane is out of Team India from July 2023
Ajinkya Rahane last played for Team India in July 2023. Since then he is out of Team India. On one hand, domestic cricket is about to start in India, on the other hand, Rahane indicated his return to form by scoring a century. Duleep Trophy will be organized in India from 5th September. He has not got a place in the team for this tournament. In the four-day tournament, India’s top batsmen will be seen playing with the red ball.
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