Ajinkya Rahane to play for Leicestershire after Windies tour

Senior India batter Ajinkya Rahane can be plying his commerce for the English county facet Leicestershire in division two, after ending his two-Test project with Indian crew towards the West Indies.

Rahane, a former India captain, not too long ago made a profitable comeback to the Indian crew through the World Test Championship closing towards Australia earlier this month.

Rahane had inked the cope with Leicestershire again in January and was imagined to play eight top notch video games and in addition your entire Royal London Cup (home 50 over competitors) between June to September, after the completion of his IPL stint with Chennai Super Kings.

However, the plan needed to be shelved since he made a comeback to Indian Test crew and couldn’t be part of his county facet instantly after the IPL was over.

“Ajinkya, after the two Tests in West Indies (which is supposed to end on July 24), is supposed to fly directly to England and join Leicestershire for the remainder of the season. He will play Royal London Cup in August and a possible four County games in September as he is unlikely to be a part of white ball scheme of things,” a BCCI supply in know of issues, advised PTI on situations of anonymity.

This can be Rahane’s second county stint, having performed for Hampshire within the 2019 season when he was dropped from the 50 over World Cup facet.

Rahane, who scored 89 in Indian first innings in WTC closing, has simply accomplished 5,000 runs within the conventional format in 83 Tests.

While a lot of the high Indian gamers will shift their deal with 50 over cricket, Rahane will get extra red-ball sport time via the month of September, earlier than he’s again in India for the total fledged Indian home season, adopted by a tour of South Africa in December.