One-Day Cup: Ajinkya Rahane hits his 3rd half-century for Leicestershire
What's the story
Ajinkya Rahane was amongst the runs for Leicestershire in a crucial encounter against Gloucestershire at Bristol's Seat Unique Stadium. Rahane and Peter Handscomb added a match-winning partnership of 120 runs as Leicestershire beat Gloucestershire by four wickets (DLS Method) o book a quarter-final berth. Notably, this was Rahane's third half-century in the 2024 edition of the One-Day Cup. Here we decode his stats.
Summary
Rahane and Handscomb thrive in the run-chase
In a 36-over contest, Gloucestershire managed 192/9 with Cameron Bancroft top scoring with 36. Tom Smith scored 27*. Tom Scriven claimed 3/37 from seven overs. Alex Green (2/39) and Liam Trevaskis (2/30) did well. In response, Leicestershire were 0/2 when Rahane walked in. Soon they became 19/3. A 120-run stand for the 4th wicket helped the team. Handscomb's unbeaten 65 helped Leicestershire win.
Runs
One-Day Cup 2024: 305 runs and three fifties for Rahane
Rahane hit 62 runs from 76 balls. His knock was laced with 7 fours and two sixes. In the ongoing 2024 One-Day Cup, Rahane has raced to 305 runs from eight matches at 43.57. He owns three fifties. Earlier, Rahane hit 71 versus Nottinghamshire in his first outing. In the fourth match versus Sussex, he smashed 68 runs.
Information
48th fifty for Rahane in List A cricket
As per ESPNcricinfo, in 190 matches in List A cricket, Rahane has amassed 6,780 runs at 39.88. He registered his 48th fifty in the 50-over format. He also owns 10 tons. 2,962 of his runs have come for India in ODIs at 35.26.