‘It was an honour to wear the national colours in an international match,’ says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 - Cricket News Update
India’s new in-line batter, Ajinkya Rahane, said that he was proud of his recent performance in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013; despite his side suffering a complete whitewash at the hands of the Poms, across all formats of the sport.
Speaking to India’s Mail Today, the 23-year-old batsman said that everyone dreams of playing for the national team but in his case, doing well in England came with a special feeling.
“I had started off as an opener, but had to play at three after two seasons as the team needed me there. I am glad that when the Indian team asked me to open in such conditions, I did well. But even so, when you represent your country, you should be prepared
to bat at any position the team demands,” said Rahane.
During India’s disappointing away series against the English hosts, the tourists stood out winless in all formats, and to add more to the side’s misery, the Men in Blue trailed on to suffering a streak of injuries that ruled out nine of their major players.
As for Rahane, it was due to the injuries that led the batter to open alongside http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Patel-c2159, who too was another late call-up on the team.
However, making good use of the opportunity, the batsman did not let the chance go vain and managed to stand out as one of the few causative players on the Indian line-up, bagging a total of 158 runs at an average of 31.6 in 5 matches.
Speaking about his Twenty20 performance in Manchester and One Day International (ODI) half century, the player said, “I derived a lot of satisfaction from that (T20) innings. Apart from that, my innings in the second ODI (54 off 47 balls in Southampton)
was also very good. They had very good bowlers and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 was bowling quick. So it was a satisfying performance as a batsman.”
As for now, Rahane has another tough responsibility ahead of him as his side gears up to mark its awaited revenge against the Poms when both teams face each other in the upcoming 5-match ODI series, which kicks off on October 14, in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
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