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After finishing his two-Test assignment with the Indian team against the West Indies, veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane will play County cricket in England.
Rahane will represent English County side Leicestershire in division two.
Rahane had inked the deal with Leicestershire back in January. He was supposed to play eight first class games and also the entire Royal London Cup (domestic 50 over competition) between June to September after his stint with Chennai Super Kings )CSK) in IPL 2023.
However, the plan had to be shelved since he made a comeback to Indian Test team and couldn’t join his county side immediately after the IPL was over.
This will be Rahane’s second County stint. Earlier, he has played for Hampshire in 2019 season when he was dropped from the 50 over World Cup side.
Rahane made a successful comeback to the Indian team for the marquee World Test Championship final against Australia at the Oval earlier this month.
The veteran batsman scored 89 in India’s first innings against Australia in WTC final. In the process, he completed 5,000 runs in the longest format of the game in 83 matches.
Earlier, Indian middle order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara had a successful stint with Sussex.
