Ajinkya Rahane scored 89 and took India to a respectable total after the top order’s failure during India’s first innings in the World Test Championship final at The Oval, Former Australian Skipper Ricky Ponting came forward and praised Rahane and said the 35-year-old showed very good performance in the final so far and this will ensure he is selected for the upcoming series in the Caribbean against the West Indies and beyond.
On being asked in the interview: Ajinkya Rahane produced a superb knock today, you had him at Delhi in the IPL for a couple of years what is something you can tell us about him that the fans may not know?
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Ponting said:
“Rahane is a lovely guy, one of the most disciplined cricketers ever”, he is always the first one in training – it is amazing now in this modern game, he probably got back into this test team on the back of his performance in IPL so well played to him”. Told ICC.
“He is a lovely guy and a mild-mannered guy and someone who is one of the most disciplined cricketers I have ever worked with,” Ponting added.
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“Also He is always the first one at training and he is always the first one at the gym doing his recovery and rehab.
“He has made the most of his opportunity and that is all you can do,” Ponting told the ICC.
“I think there are two more Test matches in the West Indies after this before Rahul and Iyer are back, so he has got a real opportunity to prolong his Test career for another couple of years.”
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“I am really happy to see him back out there and playing and when you see him play like that (against Australia) you just wonder why he hasn’t been in this India team for the last couple of years.
“Isn’t it amazing n ow in this modern game. He probably got back into this Indian Test team on the back of some performances in the IPL, so well played to him.” he added.