Rahane vows to work hard on batting - Cricket News Update
Rookie Indian batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970, is disappointed after failing to capitalise on the opportunity provided to him in the form of a two-day warm-up game against Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI, played at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on December 15 and
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In the drawn practice match last week, the 23-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jake-Haberfield-c1629.
The young batsman feels that after failing to capitalize on that opportunity, he is unlikely to get a second chance and might end the itinerary watching his teammates in action from the sidelines. However, he said that he will continue working hard on his
batting regardless.
"I'm really disappointed," said Ajinkya Rahane while talking to the media reporters after the optional net practice at Manuka Oval, the venue for the two warm-up matches, on Saturday .
"Now the only thing I could do is to keep trying and working on my batting. I can't be worrying if I get another chance on this tour or not," he added further.
Rahane debuted at the international level in September this year during the one-day leg of India’s winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, and earned the selectors' nod for the crucial down under with a few impressive knocks in One Day Internationals against Alastair Cook’s
men, both at home and away.
However, keeping in view the increasing injury concerns of India since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011 earlier this year, there isn’t any reason to lose hope.
On the bright side, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742, who was seen mentoring the young batsman in the nets on Saturday morning.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-c54739 has been working on a few technical points with my batting,” said Rahane when asked about the tips he had gotten from the Zimbabwean during the practice session. “But essentially he has asked me to bat as I naturally do and don't worry so much about
these alien conditions," he added further.
Rahane naturally has an attacking batting style and has vowed to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to his natural game if given a chance in the ongoing tour.
"I bat as I do. I don't think it's fair to make comparisons. Everyone has his own style of making runs," he said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the first Test of the four-match series in Melbourne on December 26, 2011.
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