da blaze casino： This will be Rahane’s second stint in County Championship after 2019 when he represented Hampshire
da betway： ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2023India batter Ajinkya Rahane is set to join Leicestershire for the English summer and will play eight County Championship matches and is available for the entirety of the One-Day Cup 50-over competition.He joins Leicestershire’s overseas signings list for 2023, which has South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder, who has rejoined for all three formats, and Afghanistan quick Naveen-ul-Haq, who has signed for a third consecutive Vitality Blast campaign.The club said that Rahane is expected to arrive in June following his IPL stint with Chennai Super Kings.Related
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“I’m really happy to be joining Leicestershire for the upcoming season,” Rahane said in a statement. “I can’t wait to play alongside my new teammates and explore the vibrant city of Leicester.”Rahane previously had a stint in county with Hampshire in 2019 where he scored a century on county debut against Nottinghamshire.Having last played a Test match in January 2022, Rahane said recently that he wasn’t giving up hope of a comeback for India. In this season’s Ranji Trophy, the country’s premier first-class competition, Rahane has amassed 634 runs in seven matches, including a double hundred, averaging 57.63.”I’m extremely excited to welcome Ajinkya to Leicestershire,” the club’s director of cricket Claude Henderson said. “He comes with a lot of experience and a tremendous work ethic. It’s a great opportunity for us to tap into that.”I had conversations with [assistant coach] Alfonso Thomas and [head coach] Paul Nixon, who had eyed Ajinkya in the past, so he was always on our radar. It was a case of seeing what the team needed, which was definitely a senior overseas batsman, so we are delighted to have secured someone of Ajinkya’s calibre.”
