Breaking: Ajinkya Rahane will play County Championship and ODI Cup for Leicestershire, will leave for England on this day
Ajinkya Rahane had also signed a contract with Leicestershire last year. But due to his return to the Indian team, he could not become a part of Leicestershire. Ajinkya Rahane (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Indian player Ajinkya Rahane is currently away from international cricket. He was seen playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024, but his performance was not special. Meanwhile, England Cricket County Championship team Leicestershire has included Ajinkya Rahane in the team for the second part and ODI Cup. Rahane will play 5 matches of the County Championship and the entire ODI Cup for Leicestershire. Rahane is going to replace Vian Mulder in the Leicestershire team. According to media reports, Rahane will leave for England in mid-July. Ajinkya Rahane could not join Leicestershire last year due to the WTC final Ajinkya Rahane had also signed a contract with Leicestershire last year. But due to his return to the Indian team, he could not become a part of Leicestershire. Rahane was seen playing the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia and the Test series against West Indies. Let us tell you that this will not be the first time that Ajinkya Rahane is going to play county cricket in England. Earlier, Rahane has played for Hampshire in 2019. That season, he scored 307 runs in 13 matches for the team. Ajinkya Rahane gave his reaction after joining the Leicestershire team and said, I’m really excited to have another chance to come to Leicestershire. I have a great relationship with Claude (Henderson) and Alphonso (Thomas) and I’m looking forward to playing for the club this summer. I was very impressed with the results the team produced last year. I look forward to enjoying my cricket and contributing to the club’s success this season. Ajinkya Rahane’s performance in first-class and international career Ajinkya Rahane has scored 13225 runs in 313 innings of 188 matches in first-class cricket at an average of 45.76, which includes 39 centuries and 57 half-centuries. In the Test format for India, he has scored 4931 runs in 85 matches at an average of 38.52 and with the help of 12 centuries. He has scored 2962 runs in 90 ODIs at an average of 35.26.
Reports: Ajinkya Rahane joins county cricket team Leicestershire after poor IPL 2024 season
Ajinkya Rahane had also signed a contract with Leicestershire last year. Ajinkya Rahane (Photo Source: Twitter) Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane will be seen playing for Leicestershire in this season of county cricket. Rahane had also signed a contract with Leicestershire last year. But due to his return to the Indian team, he could not be a part of the county season for Leicestershire. Rahane was seen playing the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia and the Test series against West Indies. Ajinkya Rahane was part of Hampshire in 2019 This year, under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, Mumbai won the 42nd Ranji Trophy by defeating Vidarbha at the Wankhede Stadium. Rahane could not show form with the bat in the Ranji Trophy. He scored 214 runs in 8 matches at an average of 17.83, which includes two half-centuries. Even in IPL 2024, Rahane could not perform well while playing for Chennai Super Kings. But it will be hoped that he will be able to show his brilliant game with the bat for Leicestershire. Let us tell you that this is not the first time that Ajinkya Rahane is going to play county cricket in England. Earlier, Rahane has played for Hampshire in 2019. That season, he scored 307 runs in 13 matches for the team. Indian players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Prithvi Shaw, Karun Nair and Siddhardh Kaul are currently playing county cricket in England. Pujara is playing for Sussex, while the rest of the players are part of Northamptonshire. Let us tell you that Ajinkya Rahane and Prithvi Shaw will be a part of Mumbai’s pre-season camp after playing county cricket for their respective teams. Ajinkya Rahane’s performance in first-class and international career Ajinkya Rahane has scored 13225 runs in 313 innings of 188 matches in first-class cricket at an average of 45.76, which includes 39 centuries and 57 half-centuries. In the Test format for India, he has scored 4931 runs in 85 matches at an average of 38.52 and with the help of 12 centuries. He has scored 2962 runs in 90 ODIs at an average of 35.26.
Leicestershire are in a very good position with the help of excellent batting from Marcus Harris
Marcus Harris batted very well on the first day of the great match being played against Derbyshire and played an important inning of 77* runs in 147 balls. Marcus Harris (Pic Source-X) Australia’s best opening batsman Marcus Harris is currently competing in the County Championship Division Two in England. He is playing for Leicestershire in this fantastic tournament. Marcus Harris batted very well on the first day of the great match being played against Derbyshire and played an important inning of 77* runs in 147 balls. Let us tell you, Derbyshire captain David Lloyd won the toss in this match and decided to bowl. His decision has been very bad so far. Even though Derbyshire lost three wickets to Leicestershire on the first day of the game, Marcus Harris played a brilliant innings for his team. Marcus Harris also had good luck in this match and missed his catches twice. When Marcus Harris was batting on two runs, he was caught by Wayne Madsen off the ball of Blair Tickner. However, after this the brilliant opening batsman batted very well and handled one end very well. But when the Australian players were on 26 runs, Madsen again missed his catch. After this Madsen did not look back and scored a brilliant half-century for his team. Not only this, the host also dropped the catch of Rishi Patel. Rishi Patel played a valuable inning of 36 runs in this match. It started raining when Harris was on 44. However, when the match resumed, the Leicestershire batsman batted brilliantly and scored 77* runs and put his team on a strong position. By the end of the first day’s play, Leicestershire scored 176 runs losing two wickets. By the end of the first day’s play, Leicestershire had scored 176 runs losing two wickets in 48.2 overs. Apart from Marcus Harris, captain Lewis Hill also played an unbeaten inning of 44 runs. For the hosts, Tickner and Sam Conners took 1 wicket each. Leicestershire’s performance has always been very good in domestic cricket and the team would definitely like to win this match. They have many good players who can leave their mark in this match. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all the 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024