Veteran Indian batter Ajinkya Rahane has shared that he had received an offer to be part of the broadcasting team for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) as well. Notably, he was not considered for the tour of Australia despite the batting unit struggling in the preceding 0-3 series whitewash against New Zealand at home as well. However, Rahane had led Mumbai to the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy title, and had a great campaign with the bat too. However, with the Indian team picked the likes of Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant for the middle order as well.

“Yes (it was tough). I got an offer to become an expert. It was easy and good money but within me, a person is saying I still can (play). Getting picked or not is not in my hands. Down the line, I don’t want a situation where I feel that yeh expert assignment mein baad mein bhi le sakta tha. I could have given one last push,” Rahane said in an interview with the Indian Express.

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However, Rahane played the domestic cricket when Team India were playing against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar series. He had a stunning Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy campaign, where he ended up as the highest run-getter too.

“Be it airport, hotel, security check, ground, county cricket, everywhere I have gone, they all said: Ajju bhai, aapko team mein hona chahiye. It feels nice. It motivates me to give it a try, at least I would have given my best in the last few years of my career,” Ajinkya Rahane concluded.