One game doesn’t make us bad players of short ball, affirms Ajinkya Rahane

India’s 0-2 drubbing at the hands of New Zealand in the recently-concluded two-match Test series led the way to the reopening of Pandora’s box. The poor showing, particularly from the batsmen, has been met with severe criticism. And once again, it seems the major talking point has drifted towards the Men in Blue’s weakness against short-pitched bowling. According to Rahane, however, the criticism holds no merit, instead crediting the Kiwi seamers for their clever use of angles in windy conditions.

"We have to stay focussed and positive and the next series is in Australia and there is a long way to go, looking forward to that. We have really done a good job in the last three-four years. Now the Test Championship has started. In this journey, you are going to win and lose some matches. We learned a lot from the New Zealand series, they played well. As a team, there is some learning as batting and bowling units,” Rahane added.