Rahane’s 360 degree shot
There are only a few batsmen in international cricket who can play 360 degree shots. After the retirement of AB de Villiers, fans see Jos Buttler, Suryakumar Yadav and Glenn Maxwell doing this. But in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Ajinkya Rahane played many such shots one after the other for Chennai Super Kings, which no one would expect from a Test specialist.
A ball from Umesh Yadav went outside the off stump and sent it over the wicketkeeper for a six. Similarly, against Kulwant Khijrolia, he opened the mouth of the bat while standing and the ball shot went out of the boundary line in a tappe over the third man. In this match, he played an unbeaten inning of 71 runs off 29 balls. With the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes. This is only the second time in his IPL career that he has scored runs at a strike rate of over 200. Both happened this season.
More than 200 runs in 5 matches
In IPL 2023, Ajinkya Rahane did not get a chance to play in the opening matches. Due to illness of Moeen Ali, he got the first match against Mumbai Indians. In that he had scored fifty in 19 balls. So far this season, Rahane has scored 209 runs in 5 matches at an average of 52.25 and a strike rate of 199.05. He is on top in terms of best strike rate this season.
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Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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