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‘I was a regular feature in ODI cricket, but was suddenly dropped’: Ajinkya Rahane

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India batter Ajinkya Rahane has said that the dip in his form has to do with him playing just one format and with covid pandemic upending domestic cricket, that has only further affected his preparations and the result is evident in his scores at international level. Rahane, who been pigeonholed as a Test specialist since 2018, now has been battling form in the format for some time now and there have been calls for him to be dropped to give more chances to youngsters.

'Was Playing ODI Cricket Continuously For India And Suddenly, I Got Dropped'

Explaining his predicament, Rahane says there’s been no Ranji Trophy for the past two seasons and no matter how much practice one does, it cannot be equated with match practice.

“Sometimes, the reality is, when you play only one format and especially in the last 2-3 years where there is no Ranji cricket and no other domestic games, I think that needs to be taken into account because you can’t score runs sitting at home,” Rahane said on Backstage with Boria.

“No matter how much you practice or have net sessions, the confidence will not be gained with that. Confidence comes with game time and scoring runs in matches,” he added.

Rahane also touched on the fact that he was dropped from the ODIs ‘suddenly’ despite doing well. The 33-year-old last played one-day cricket for India in 2018 during the South Africa tour when they won the six-match series 5-1.

Rahane had struck five consecutive half-centuries between September 21 (2017) and February 1 (2018) followed by scores of 11, 8, 8 and 34* before being dropped from ODIs.

“Before that (February 2018), I was playing ODI cricket continuously for Team India and I was doing really well. Suddenly, I got dropped, I don’t want to go into that, I don’t want to go into my past but the reality is I was playing well in 2014, 15, 16, and 17. ODI and Test cricket both were going really well. After that I hardly got game time, there was a huge gap between Test matches,” Rahane said.

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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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