Ajinkya Rahane: Check my scores in last 15 Tests

When a scribe asked if the drooping shoulders and negative body language in the first Test were due to a change in captaincy, Rahane was far from amused

Ajinkya Rahane had a fair idea that a question about his indifferent form would pop up and he was ready to meet the challenging delivery head on with a never-seen-before aggression.

Skipper Virat Kohli, after the 227-run defeat to England in the opening Test, had vehemently defended Rahane, who hasn’t scored too many runs before or after the Melbourne Test against Australia where his hundred enabled India to draw the series level.

The form came up again on the eve of the second Test against England and the man in question was ready to tackle the issue head on. “See, we are playing at home after two years. Our last home series was against South Africa. If you take [the scores of that series] out, you will find something over there,” Rahane answered in third person with a deadpan expression, referring to his scores of 59 and 115 against the Proteas in that 2019 series. “If you take out the last 10-15 Test matches, you will see some runs over there,” the vice-captain said.

When a scribe asked if the drooping shoulders and negative body language in the first Test were due to a change in captaincy, he was far from amused. “There are moments when you don’t have that energy but that doesn’t mean that it has happened because of a change in captaincy. As I have said earlier, Virat is our captain and will remain our captain. If you are trying to dig in and find some masala [controversy], unfortunately you will not get it.”

‘I’m sure pitch will turn from Day One’
Ajinkya Rahane expects the Chepauk pitch to offer serious turn from the very first day. “Yeah, it looks completely different. I am sure it will turn from Day One but again as I have said before the first Test match, you have to wait and see how it plays in the first session and take it from there on,” Rahane said.

1,002
No. of runs scored by Ajinkya Rahane in last 15 Tests

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