18 Awesome Quotes By - Ajinkya Rahane

18 Awesome Quotes By - Ajinkya Rahanee

You are always happy when you make a hundred.

— Ajinkya Rahane

I think as a leader, as a captain, it's important to back your instincts, whatever you feel. Yes, it is important to take advice from your colleagues, but in the end what your instincts tell you, you should back that.

— Ajinkya Rahane

For me, the most comforting thing is that the team management thinks I am comfortable in any position I am assigned. They trust me so much and if they give me responsibility of batting in a particular position I also respond positively to it.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Outside cricket, I idolise Roger Federer and in the gentleman's game, I look up to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Not only were they great players, but the way they conducted themselves off the field evoked respect.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Obviously, I'm enjoying my County stint. This is the first time I am playing County cricket and it's a different experience. It's an opportunity of a lifetime and everyone should play it.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Rahul Dravid is my role model. I always used to watch him on the television. Now I get to interact with him up-close.

— Ajinkya Rahane

I have always worked hard and there's nothing that can compare to captaining India.

— Ajinkya Rahane

I was practising with wet rubber balls just to get my reaction right, my hand-eye co-ordination right. Because sometimes wickets are softer, two-paced wickets, it helps to practise with a tennis ball.

— Ajinkya Rahane

If the team management asks me to bat at a certain position, I am always ready for that.

— Ajinkya Rahane

I was part of an Under-15 squad training at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Last year when I was playing for Hamphsire, Delhi Capitals asked me if I was interested in playing for them. I took my time and I thought it's an opportunity for me to learn something new. To take my game forward, to take my T20 game forward.

— Ajinkya Rahane

It always helps a team when the opener is able to bat till the 20th over. I am learning to do so.

— Ajinkya Rahane

I always believed in getting better and better in each and every format and give my best. As a batsman, it is important to keep learning every time and stay hungry for your runs. I don't get satisfied.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Sometimes the shots you play in T20s don't look good and you feel that you got out on a bad looking shot.

— Ajinkya Rahane

When I played 2 months in county cricket, I learnt a lot.

— Ajinkya Rahane

At No 3 you have to take a bit more time to find your feet, but at No 5 you take much less time to get adjusted because you have already observed your openers, the No 3 and No 4 batsmen and you get a fair idea of how the wicket is playing.

— Ajinkya Rahane

Yes, process and preparations are the most important for me as a player. If preparations are not great, that tends to affect performance. When preparations are perfect you are not searching for results but only counting on performance.

— Ajinkya Rahane

You have to think for your team-mates and give them positive response. Whatever happens as a captain you have to take the responsibility. Backing my team-mates and supporting them was the biggest learning.

— Ajinkya Rahane

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