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INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND 2018

Rahane too late to adapt?

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Almost all of Ajinkya Rahane's boundaries off the pacers were scored in the square in the second innings at the Rose Bowl
Almost all of Ajinkya Rahane's boundaries off the pacers were scored in the square in the second innings at the Rose Bowl © Getty

Let natural style and ability be. Every Indian batsman who has found some success during the Test series in England has got it through some technical adjustments. The series has been marked by pitches that have been consistently hard for the batsmen, and it needed the Indians to make, some subtle and some major, modifications in order to find their own successes.

Virat Kohli stood way outside the crease and left really well on his way to scores of 149, 51, 97 and 103 in four out of six innings before the Test at Southampton. Shikhar Dhawan cut his bat speed, started to play much later and faced more than 50 balls in three consecutive innings for the first time ever in Tests. Cheteshwar Pujara had to work on his balance and footwork, while

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