Veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane has made a comeback to the Test squad of the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming World Test Championship closing in opposition to Australia set to start at The Oval on June 7. The 34-year-old right-handed batter was dropped from the Test squad on the finish of the 2021-22 tour of South Africa after a collection of dangerous knocks. However, his latest performances in home cricket and IPL 2023 has supplied him a approach again into the squad.
Social media couldn’t maintain calm after checking the information that Rahane has made a comeback within the Test squad for India. (Also learn:WTC Finals 2023: Ajinkya Rahane Is Back, A Look At His Top Knocks For Team India – In Pics)
Checkout the reactions right here:
Other IPL batsmen get orange cap for his or her efficiency. Rahane obtained blue cap pic.twitter.com/nYu5ayLZvB
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 25, 2023
Ajinkya Rahane included within the Indian staff for WTC Final 2023.
Welcome again Rahane #AjinkyaRahane #wtcfinal #WTC2023 pic.twitter.com/X4EAomVGaJ
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@sri_ashutosh08) April 25, 2023
Ajinkya Rahane included within the Indian staff for WTC Final 2023.
Welcome again Rahane #AjinkyaRahane #wtcfinal #WTC2023 pic.twitter.com/X4EAomVGaJ
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@sri_ashutosh08) April 25, 2023
RAHANE 2.0 IN IPL 2023. pic.twitter.com/0aWCphkp0P
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 23, 2023
Good to see jaddu , Rahane and siraj
— Hindu Nationalist (@NAMO_Bhakt_1) April 25, 2023
Do u know?
Rahane is my second favorite cricketer after Rohit Sharma
— Kish (@Kish_Tweetz) April 25, 2023
Rahane brings the expertise of 82 Test video games for India with him and he’s prone to change middle-order batters Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav. Shreyas is dominated out as a result of an harm whereas KL Rahul misplaced his spot within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as a result of his dangerous kind. Surya who made his Test debut within the collection in opposition to Australia misses out on the WTC finals. (Ajinkya Rahane Makes Comeback Into Team India Squad for World Test Championships Final)
Who else will miss the WTC finals for India?
The selectors have picked up Shardul Thakur over the fourth spinner Kuldeep Yadav after R Ashwin, Jadeja and Axar Patel. No place for Ishan Kishan as nicely, so KL Rahul and KS Bharat are the one wicket-keeping choices for Team India.
India squad for WTC Finals 2023
Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat.
