http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 seeks promotion for Test return – Cricket News Update
Promising Indian middle-order batsman, Suresh Raina, on Monday shared that he wants to move up the batting order to press his claims for a Test return.
The 25-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on Saturday, said that a promotion in his batting position would allow him play more overs and score more runs, which will play key role in earning him a Test
recall.
“I’d love to [move up the order],” said Raina while speaking to media persons ahead of fourth One Day International against Sri Lanka, on Tuesday.
“I need to play longer innings and score more runs [so that] I can come back into the Test team,” added the left-hander, who has not played a Test in the last 12 months.
Raina last donned whites for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in August last year, during an innings defeat to England at Kennington Oval. He scored 29-ball duck in the first innings and a 13-ball duck in the second innings of his last Test outing. Overall, the left-hander averaged
just 13.12 in four Tests played on the winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Since then, he has been overlooked for the home Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this year.
Raina admitted that he failed to deliver in England, however he revealed that he has been working hard on his weaknesses and is just a couple of good innings away from the Test recall.
“In England I didn’t do well. I got out once to short ball and four-five times to Swann,” said the Uttar Pradesh-born batsman, who has so far played 15 Tests and averages 29.58 with the bat.
“I’ve been discussing my batting with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742...I’m now looking to duck the [short] ball. It's all mental. If you are playing Test cricket, you’ve to duck the ball...I need to do well in two more [ODI] games and then I can be available for the No.
6 or No. 7 slot [in Tests],” he added further.
India are scheduled to play at least 10 Tests against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, England and Australia between August 2012 and March 2013, and Raina is eager to get back in the groove by earning a call up for the two-Test home series against the Kiwis, next month.
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