I can win matches from any position - Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane (L)

Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane, despite finding it extremely difficult in Limited Overs Internationals to adapt to the team management’s demands of batting in the middle order, has said that he is confident of winning matches from any position.

Naturally a top order batsman, Rahane has been made to bat at no. 4 or no. 5 recently by the Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher to accommodate Rohit Sharma at the top, although the ploy, as expected, has backfired terribly both for the team and the batsman.

Amidst all these, the Mumbai batsman has been quoted as saying by IndiaToday, “I have opened in the past in T20 but it’s up to the team now where they want me to bat. When you open you get more overs to play. But than one needs to be able to adjust in positions team wants you to play and am confident I can win matches for India from any position.”

On whether he will be able to succeed in the shortest format of the game, he said: “Watching my idols Sachin and Dravid I have learnt that one can get successful in T20 cricket playing normal cricket. It’s not necessary that one has to do unorthodox batting to get runs. I watch their cricket and learn.”