{"id":30927,"date":"2025-02-17T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/?p=30927"},"modified":"2025-02-17T12:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:48:05","slug":"ajinkya-rahane-hopeful-of-making-another-comeback-in-international-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/ajinkya-rahane-hopeful-of-making-another-comeback-in-international-cricket-30927\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajinkya Rahane Hopeful of Another Comeback in International Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ajinkya Rahane, who last played for India in a two-match Test series against West Indies in July 2023, nevertheless stayed hopeful for a return to Team India. The 36-year-old current Mumbai Ranji Team captain has already made 437 runs in eight matches of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25<\/a> season. Rahane scored 31 and 108 against Haryana in the quarterfinal of the previous week to help the defending champions stamp their place into the semifinal with a huge 152-run victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While speaking to the Indian Express just ahead of Mumbai’s semi-final encounter against Vidarbha at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, Rahane said it again; the flame is still alive in him to play for India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’m more seasoned now but still feel fresh. I’m fit enough to compete at the highest level. I’m passionate and love this game. There is hunger to do well. I never get satisfied with my game and don’t take things for granted. The fire still burns within me to play for the highest standards. I feel there’s still some cricket left within me,” Rahane said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Unlike Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Cheteshwar Pujara, there isn’t much fanfare built around Ajinkya Rahane despite several match-winning knocks for India in all three formats of the game since his debut against England in 2011. As captains of a side that defeated Australia 2-1 in a four-match Test series Down Under in 2020 and 2021, Rahane would focus on cricket. Now, he believes staying in the spotlight is equally important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He mentioned, “After being the shy youth back then, I have opened up now. My focus was on playing cricket and going home. Nobody told me that during the course certain things would be important. Even today sometimes, I feel ki bus cricket karo, ghar jao. Now I’m told I need to speak up and proclaim my efforts. People say you need to be in the news; there’s no PR agency for me\u2014my only PR is my cricket. Now I’ve learned that being in the news matters; otherwise, people think I’m out of the circle.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Although he has now been out of Team India for nearly two years, Rahane indicated that he did wish to make another Indian comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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