WTC Final 2023: Test specialist Ajinkya Rahane is playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. Played an excellent innings against Mumbai Indians. Rahane, who came to bat at the third position, scored 61 runs off 27 balls while batting at a strike rate of 225.92.
WTC Final 2023, Ajinkya Rahane: Known as a Test specialist, Ajinkya Rahane is playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023. Played an excellent innings against Mumbai Indians. Rahane, who came to bat at the third position, scored 61 runs off 27 balls while batting at a strike rate of 225.92. His innings had 7 fours and 3 sixes. After his innings, Rahane became a contender to play in the final of the upcoming World Test Championship this year.
A strong argument for a place in the WTC final..
Rahane showed excellent form in the match against Mumbai Indians. Through this performance, he has confirmed that he will play in the final of the World Test Championship to be held at the Oval in London from June 7. Rahane, who has been a regular presence for Team India in Tests, has been away from the team for a long time. He played his last Test against South Africa in January 2022. Earlier, in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played in 2021, Rahane won the series under his captaincy.
Will Rahane return to the team?
Currently, Team India’s wicketkeeper-cum-batsman Rishabh Pant is injured. Meanwhile, the team’s middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer is also struggling with a back injury. It is unclear whether he will be able to recover for the World Test Championship final.
Apart from this Sarfaraz Khan or any other player in domestic cricket is not performing as expected. Sarfaraz has been in excellent form in the Ranji Trophy. But, he is disappointing in IPL. So it seems that he may not join Team India in the final of the World Test Championship.
At the same time, Hanuma Vihari was almost completely absent from Team India. In such a situation, Ajinkya Rahane seems to be the right choice for the final of the World Test Championship. Rahane has good experience in Test cricket. He led the team on several occasions.
Rahane has played a total of 82 Test matches in his career so far. He batted in 140 innings in these matches and scored 4931 runs at an average of 38.52. During this time he scored a total of 12 centuries and 25 fifties. His highest score was 188 runs.
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