Ajinkya Rahane’s troubles with the bat are not lost on anyone who watches him in the middle these days and with Virat Kohli all set to come...
Ajinkya Rahane’s troubles with the bat are not lost on anyone who watches him in the middle these days and with Virat Kohli all set to come back into the playing XI for the Mumbai Test against New Zealand, there are question marks over whether the vice captain should retain his place.
It might not have been as clear-cut a decision had Rahane scored runs in Kanpur. But he posted scores of 35 and 4 in the drawn opening Test and has averaged just 19.6 in 2021.
On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer, who made his Test debut batting at No 5, put in a stellar performance. He made 105 in the first innings and then followed it up with a vital 65 in the second innings. In the process, he became the first Indian player to score a century and half century on Test debut.
Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik believes that dropping Rahane from the team for the Mumbai Test might help ease some of the pressure off the 33-year-old veteran.
“With Shreyas Iyer coming in and doing so well, I think the pressure will obviously be on Rahane and he might be the one to be dropped,” Karthik said in a discussion with Cricbuzz. “This...
