Ajinkya Rahane last 10 innings score: Rahane’s woes continue after James Anderson dismisses him on first ball at Lord’s

Ajinkya Rahane last 10 innings: The Indian vice-captain continues to struggle for runs after getting out for another single-digit score.

During the second day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of England at Lord’s, veteran England pacer James Anderson sent back India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on the first ball that he bowled today.

Bowling the second over of the day, Anderson’s out-swinging delivery was enough for him to dismiss an out-of-form Rahane. Wanting to defend a delivery outside the off-stump, all Rahane did was edged the ball to England captain Joe Root at first slip.

Anderson, who had dismissed Rohit Sharma (83) and Cheteshwar Pujara (9) on Day 1, seems to have developed a knack of dismissing senior Indian batsmen in the series.

With India losing opening batsman Lokesh Rahul (129) on the second delivery of the day against Ollie Robinson, Rahane’s wicket has put them in a spot of bother.

Ajinkya Rahane last 10 innings

The 33-year old batsman departed after scoring 1 (23) to register another low score at the highest level. Rahane, who has scored a match-winning century against Australia in Melbourne last year, has entered a rut since then.

Since the start of 2021, Rahane has scored 269 runs in 14 innings at a paltry average of 19.21. As far as his last 10 Test innings are concerned, Rahane’s 182 runs have come at an average of 18.20 including a lone half-century. For a batsman of his potential and experience, these numbers are doubtlessly disappointing for the highest level.

Twitter reactions on Ajinkya Rahane:

What a start to the day! 🙌

Scorecard/Clips: https://t.co/GW3VJ3wfDv

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvIND 🇮🇳 | #RedForRuth pic.twitter.com/Tl0Nb3WXwN

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 13, 2021

Rahane is a baffling batter to understand. Gets a match defining hundred when you least expect it, and then just goes completely missing. Fair to say you’d expect a lot more from someone who has played 75+ Tests. #ENGvIND

— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) August 13, 2021

Indian cricket loves Pujara and Rahane. But this blowing hot & cold is starting to hurt any advantageous position the openers provide.

Add to it Virat Kohli’s uncertain form. A change is coming soon. You can just see it. #EngvInd

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) August 13, 2021

Ajinkya Rahane 1(23) really needs a big score soon to get his confidence back. He has been India’s most reliable batsman with top knocks: case in point a ton at MCG in 2020 & a fine match-winning century at Lord’s in 2014. Has averaged only 26 in 22 Test innings since 2020

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) August 13, 2021

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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