In case you don’t know…
According to the previous reports, Rahane was expected to play for Hampshire along with six other Indian Test specialists. The rest of Indians who are expected to feature in English County Championship are Cheteshwar Pujara, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Ishant Sharma.
The heart of the matter
Playing county-cricket helps the players a lot to improve their game in the challenging conditions of England. Pujara has also previously benefitted while playing for another county side, Yorkshire.
Rahane will play the English County Championship from May to July for Hampshire. He said:
White, the director of cricket at Hampshire, Giles White, said that they were excited to have Ajinkya Rahane in their side.
What’s next?
BCCI wants the Indian Test specialists to play English County Championship before the inaugural of the World Test Championship which will start from The Ashes this year. India’s first Test series under the Championship will be against West Indies. Therefore, they have arranged county games for the Indian players.
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