In 2021, Indian Test specialist, Ajinkya Rahane led Team India to their memorable Test series win in Australia, but now he has often been criticized for his batting performances. Recently, he played his last international match during the Test series in South Africa, scoring 136 runs from three matches, including one half-century, and in order to prolong his career, Rahane is focussing on taking part in the upcoming season of the Ranji Trophy for Mumbai.

In a startling revelation though, Ajinkya Rahane, the former India Test vice-captain took a cryptic dig at certain people, saying they took away the credit for his hard work, referring to India’s 2-1 win in the 2020/21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. With Virat Kohli back home to be there for the birth of his first child, Rahane captained the Indian team spiritedly in Australia as India – who were rolled over for 36 in the first Test in Adelaide – won Test matches in Melbourne and Brisbane, and drew at Sydney.

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Talking about the Australia series during a chat with veteran sports journalist Boria Majumdar on his show ‘Backstage with Boria’, Ajinkya Rahane said, “I know what I did there. I don’t need to say this to anybody. And that’s not my nature that I will go and take credit.”

He further added, “Yes, there were a few things, for which I made the decisions on the field and dressing room but somebody else to the credit. What was important for me was that we won the series and that was a historical series. For me, that was really special.”

However, since his match-winning 112 at MCG in December of 2020, runs have dried up for Rahane. Since January of 2021, Ajinkya Rahane has played 15 Test matches for India and he has scored only three fifties. With the emergence of Wriddhiman Saha and Ishant Sharma being told that their India runs might be over, returning to the Ranji Trophy and scoring some runs could be a last-ditch effort on Rahane’s part.

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Explaining the same, Ajinkya Rahane said, “The reactions that came later, or the credit that was taken, or whatever was spoken or emerged on the media… things like ‘We did this. It was our decision. It was our call,’. It’s what they had to say but from my end, I knew what decisions I took. We also spoke to the management but inside me, I would laugh knowing the modestly which I had shown and what followed.”