Will Rahane return to Team India from county cricket: Joined Leicestershire, will go to England after IPL; Scored 634 runs in Ranji

Ajinkya Rahane played the last Test match for India in January 2022.

India’s middle order batsman Ajinkya Rahane is focusing on making a comeback to Team India by playing county cricket. He has tied up with the Leicestershire team for the 2023 season. He will reach England after the IPL is over. He captained Mumbai in this Ranji Trophy season. But, could not reach the team in the last-8.

will play 8 county matches
Leicestershire County Cricket Club has signed Ajinkya Rahane for the 2023 season. Rahane will reach England in June after the IPL is over. Here he will play 8 county matches for Leicestershire. After the county, he will also be associated with the team for the entire Royal London One Day Cup.

Last Test was played 13 months ago
With a stint in county cricket in England, Rahane will look to find a way back into Team India. Rahane played the last Test for India in January 2022 against South Africa. He has scored 12 centuries while playing Tests for India. During this, 4931 runs came from his bat.

Ajinkya Rahane has played 82 Tests for India.

Did county debut in 2019
Rahane had earlier made his county debut for the Hampshire team in 2019. Then he also scored a century. On joining Leicestershire, Rahane said that he is happy to join the county team. Can’t wait to play cricket with the new team members.

South Africa’s Wayne Mulder and Afghanistan’s Naveen Ul-Haq will also be seen playing for Leicestershire this season. Rahane will also play ODIs for Leicestershire. He represented India in 90 ODIs. In this he scored 2962 runs.

Pujara also went to play county
India’s Cheteshwar Pujara also went on to play county cricket in 2022 during the IPL. Playing for Sussex, he scored 1094 runs in 8 matches. After the county, he was also a part of Sussex in the Royal London One Day Cup. He scored 624 runs in the tournament at an average of 89.14. After the county, he did well in Tests for India as well, scoring a century against Bangladesh in the recent past.

Mumbai’s top scorers in Ranji
Rahane captained Mumbai in this season of Ranji Trophy. His team could not qualify for the quarter finals. But, in 7 matches of the season, he scored the maximum 634 runs for Mumbai. Two centuries also came in these.

Ajinkya Rahane scored 634 runs in Ranji Trophy for Mumbai.

Can replace Shreyas Iyer
Depending on his Ranji Trophy performance, he may be given another chance in the Test series against Australia. India’s regular middle order batsman Shreyas Iyer got injured before the Australia series. In such a situation, Rahane or Sarfaraz Khan can be included in their place.

Will play IPL with Chennai Super Kings
Rahane will go to England in June. Before that he will be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Chennai bought him in the mini auction for Rs 50 lakh. Earlier he was with Kolkata Knight Riders. He has scored 2 centuries in overall 158 IPL matches. He also holds the record for scoring 4074 IPL runs.

Ajinkya Rahane has scored 4074 runs in IPL.