Ajinkya Rahane has had an outstanding career so far and as he moved into a new house, he tweeted a picture of a wall sketch at his new home which was a surprise for him. He on Friday was present at an event in the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai to launch Aakash Chopra‘s book, The Insider! Agreeing that Indian batsmen did not do too well against the spinning ball during their recent tour of Sri Lanka, Rahane said things would be different against South Africa at home. “Unfortunately, we got out to spinners in Sri Lanka. We played fast bowling very well in Australia and South Africa,” Rahane was quoted as saying. READ: Ajinkya Rahane is Indian cricket team’s best batsman, says Rahul Dravid
“The intention was to play out their first spells and then take them on. We are just looking to improve against spin in the series against South Africa. I’m confident in the series against South Africa we will do well against spin,” he added. While rubbishing suggestions that the current lot of batsmen were suspect against quality spin bowling, Rahane said, “I don’t think we are playing spin bowling badly. In Sri Lanka, you have to give credit to their spinners. Rangana Herath and Tharindu Kaushal bowled very well.” Rahane said with the team preferring to play with five frontline bowlers, the onus was on batsmen to give them enough time to get 20 wickets for a Test win. READ: India finally break their shackles with historic series win vs Sri Lanka
With inputs from PTI.