The way of return for the players running out of Team India is prepared only after showing strength in domestic cricket. Former Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane has shown his strength in the new season of Ranji Trophy after being shown the way out of Team India. This stalwart, who ended the year with a double century, has started the new year with a brilliant century.
Rahane, who was dropped from Team India after the tour of South Africa, has staked a claim for a comeback by batting brilliantly in Ranji. In this season, he has shown his mettle while captaining Mumbai. While scoring a century in the 5th match of Ranji, Rahane conveyed his point to the selectors. He completed a century on the second day of the match against Assam. During this innings, playing with Prithvi Shaw, he reached the score of 600 runs.
Captain scored a brilliant century
At the end of the first day’s play against Assam, Rahane returned unbeaten after scoring a half-century and completed a century on the second day. He returned after scoring 73 runs on the first day with the help of 5 fours in 140 balls. After facing 192 balls, he completed his century by hitting 8 fours. In this season, this was the second century that came out of Rahane’s bat.
scored more than 450 runs
Rahane, who entered the new season of Ranji with a plan to return to Team India, has staked his claim with a very strong performance. He scored an inning of 204 runs against Hyderabad, scoring 26 fours and 3 sixes in 261 balls. Now another century innings has been seen with the bat of Rahane against Assam. So far, in 7 innings of 5 matches, he has scored more than 470 runs at an unmatched average of 78.66.
