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“My job is to win matches for my country, criticism does not affects me”: Ajinkya Rahane

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India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane says criticism doesn’t bother him much as his job is to win matches for his country.

“I’m happy to take criticism. I feel it’s because of the criticism I’m here. I always want to give my best whether people criticise me or not,” Rahane told reporters in a virtual press conference ahead of the much-awaited World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand. The match will be played at Ageas Bowl in Southampton, starting June 18.

“For me, it’s important to give my best for my country and contribute each and every time be it as a batsman or a fielder,” Rahane, who played a massive role as skipper during epic series against Australia, said.

“Having played Test cricket for more than eight years, Rahane knows that public opinion is fickle and at best left alone with focus on controllables.

“I don’t really think about criticism. If people criticise me, that’s their thing, and that’s their job. I cannot control all these things. For me, I always focus on controllables, putting my best foot forward, working hard and following my process and the result follows,” added Rahane.

Despite his blow-hot-blow-cold form over the last few years, India’s Test vice-captain with 1095 runs in 17 games is team’s top scorer in the two-year World Test Championship cycle leading to the final against New Zealand.

“It feels special,” Rahane said about emerging as the top scorer.

The Indian vice-captain in 2019 had played for the Hampshire county and has a better idea about the ground where he has also played two Tests in 2014 and 18, both of which the visitors lost.

For Rahane, the WTC final is just another game and his mental make-up is such that he is not thinking of it as the biggest event. “It’s just a mental thing. If we can switch mentally and adapt, it’s important. Yes one off, we have to take it as another game not as a final or anything. We just want to give our best, play good cricket, be consistent in the five days.”

 

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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