Ajinkya Rahane won’t characteristic in Leicestershire’s final two matches as his county stint involves an finish. The medical division of the English county determined to withdraw the Indian batter after “evaluation on a few niggles”. The 36-year-old batter will return to India to organize for the upcoming home season.
Leicestershire will lock horns with Northamptonshire on Tuesday, September 17, earlier than dealing with Derbyshire of their final match this summer season.
“I’ve completely cherished my time with Leicestershire. We performed some implausible cricket, and there plenty of promising indicators for the staff heading into subsequent season,” Rahane stated in a press release.
“I’ve totally loved enjoying alongside my teammates and dealing with the coaches to enhance my recreation. It was additionally a pleasure to fulfill the Leicestershire supporters and witness their ardour for cricket. Everyone made me really feel extremely welcome, and I’d like to return to the Membership once more sooner or later,” Rahane added.
Claude Henderson, the director of Leicestershire cricket, stated, “We’re upset to lose Ajinkya barely sooner than deliberate, however now we have to respect the judgement of our medical staff and acknowledge it will current a chance for an additional member of our squad to step up and rating runs.
“Ajinkya has been a implausible addition to our altering room and imparted some invaluable data onto our gamers. It was a pleasure to see how he performed himself on and off the pitch and he’ll at all times be welcome again at Leicestershire.”
Ajinkya Rahane impresses for Leicestershire
Rahane made his debut at Uptonsteel County Floor initially of Leicestershire’s One-Day Cup marketing campaign, the place he notched 71 runs in opposition to the Nottinghamshire Outlaws.
All through the match, he accrued 378 runs throughout 10 innings, averaging 42, and helped the Foxes advance to the semi-finals.
As well as, Rahane amassed 202 runs from three Vitality County Championship matches, together with a standout century in opposition to Glamorgan earlier this month.