Ramiz Raja all praise for Ajinkya Rahane – Cricket News Update
Former Pakistan captain and now a professional commentator, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajinkya-Rahane-c970 in the on-going fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and hopes that the right-handed batsman gets more opportunities
to play for India.
Rahane burst into the scene of international cricket last year and performed exceptionally well in the trying conditions of England against some quality fast bowlers. The top-order batsman made a couple of brilliant half-centuries in the limited-overs series
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. However, he has not been a permanent member of the Indian playing eleven.
The 23-year-old cricketer is representing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the current tournament and is the highest run-getter at the moment with 332 runs after eight matches. He has already notched up a hundred in the tournament and is averaging 47.42, which is absolutely
brilliant in T20 cricket.
Raja, who is commentating in IPL, feels that Rahane has a lot of similarities with Rahul Dravid, who happens to be the skipper of the Royals. Most of the batsmen in modern day cricket try to hit the ball powerfully but the former Pakistan captain said that
Rahane believes in timing the ball nicely and this is the major reason behind his success.
He feels, “Rahane has the same approach as his idol and captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229, the same intensity, the same commitment. He’s an old-fashioned technician, relying on timing and placement instead of power-hitting. Rahane’s temperament is extremely good and
I’m surprised that he hardly gets to play for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.”
Ramiz also praised the initiative taken by Rahane to move from Mumbai Indians to Royals so that he plays in all the matches. The former opening batsman thinks that every young cricketer should concentrate on the game rather than making money.
“I must add that I was impressed when I learnt that he’d moved to the Royals (from the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians) simply because he wanted to be in a franchise where he’d get more opportunities. He didn’t want to sit in the dressing room, merely happy having got a
fat pay cheque,” the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain mentioned.
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