What Rahane's numbers don't tell you

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And so it was that Rahane ended his tours of England and Australia with these numbers: an average of 27.88, four fifties, no hundreds. They don't look great at first glance, but don't forget the key contributions he made along the way. His partnerships with Kohli at Trent Bridge and the Ageas Bowl were some of the highest-quality passages of play of the England series, featuring great know-how and purity of technique. In the second innings in Adelaide, he helped Cheteshwar Pujara shut the door in Australia's face, and if his dismissal off a reverse-sweep looked ugly, it was a shot played when India were looking for quick runs. On an unpredictable Perth pitch, his 51 could have - particularly if India hadn't played four No. 11s - helped India take a first-innings lead, and who knows what might have happened thereon?

In any case, given that his career probably hit its lowest point at Lord's, Rahane's tours of England and Australia begin to look less like a disaster and more like the first stirrings of a batsman recovering his lost poise, always against top-drawer attacks and almost always in challenging conditions. Along the way, he played an understated role in helping solidify India's place at the top of the Test-match ladder.

As The Rock would say " What a piece of monkey crap in the name of numbers". Ajinkya Rahane shouldnt be in the playing XI whenever Ind play their next test match. 

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