INDIA Wicket-Keeping Batter Dinesh Karthik Has Said That India’s Test Vice-Captain Ajinkya Rahane Did Not Make The Series Count Against The West Indies. India Beat West Indies 1-0 In The Two-Match Test Series Played In The Caribbean.
India Wicket-Keeping Batter Dinesh Karthik Has Said That India’s
Test Vice-Captain Ajinkya Rahane Did Not Make The Series Count Against The West
Indies. India Beat West Indies 1-0 In The Two-Match Test Series Played In The Caribbean.
Speaking To Cricbuzz, Karthik Said Batters Shubman Gill And Rahane
Did Not Get Going Against The West Indies. Gill Scored Just 45 Runs In Three
Innings, While Rahane Managed Just 11 Runs In Two Innings Against The West
Indies.
“The Players Probably Did Not Get Going. The Two Batters - Ajinkya
Rahane And Shubman Gill. Rahane Obviously Had A Very Ordinary Series. He Had
Really Got The WTC Final, Hence Was Picked And Also Named As Vice-Captain For
This Series . He Got Two Opportunities With The Bat And On Both Occasions He
Was Found Wanting,” Said Karthik.
He Went On To Say That Rahane Did Not Make The Series Against
The West Indies Count But Backed The Senior Batter To Be Picked For The South
Africa Series. India Will Be Facing South Africa In A Two-Match Test Series
After The 2023 ODI World Cup.
“The Thing With Rahane Over A Period Of Time Has Been That
Critical Word, Consistency. That's Why He Had Lost His Place In The Side. He Would
Know, He Did Not Make The Series Count. He Is The Kind Of Player, You Think,
Should Be On That Flight To South Africa Because, On Those Big Moments, You Get
The Feeling That He Will Make It Count,” Karthik Added.
India Kick-Started Their 3rd WTC Campaign With A 1-0 Win Over
The West Indies In The Caribbean. India Won The Opening Test Of The Two-Match
Series With Ease, Smashing The Hosts By An Innings And 141 Runs At Windsor Park
In Dominica. They Were Held To A Draw In The Second Match Of The Series After
Rain Played Spoilsport And Washed Off The Entire Final Day Of The Match At Queen’s
Park Oval In Port Of Spain.