Ajinkya Rahane “Will Have To Make Runs” To Keep Team India Place: Ex-India Opener | Cricket News

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer feels incumbent vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane must constantly rating runs to stay within the Test reckoning. Rahane, 35, returned to the Indian Test group on the again of a formidable IPL this 12 months and made a robust impression within the World Test Championship remaining in opposition to Australia earlier this 12 months. However, he has flopped twice with the bat which has raised questions on his consistency as soon as once more.

“Rahane will have to show consistency in his game, which has been his problem even though he has played 80-90 Tests (84). Consistency has been an issue, he will have to overcome it because India have a good captaincy option in him after Rohit Sharma is done.

“Rahane must make runs, after which all the pieces else will observe,” Jaffer told media during an interaction organised by Jio Cinema on Friday.

Jaffer said the Indian selectors see a strong captaincy option in Rahane.

“If his kind was nice from that Australia sequence after that 36 all-out, the best way he led, scored 100 in Melbourne… had his kind remained the identical, he would have been the following Test captain. But he misplaced his kind and acquired dropped,” he said.

“However, he reinvented himself within the IPL and acquired an opportunity within the WTC remaining. He was appointed the vice-captain as effectively, as a result of the Indian selectors see a very good chief in him. He nonetheless has age on his aspect however he wants to attain runs, if he doesn’t then he’ll discover it troublesome,” he added.