Ajinkya Rahane left a strong impression among the selectors with scores of 89 and 46 against Australia at The Oval. However, Rahane hasn’t clicked in the series against WI so far which brought back concerns over his consistency. Ex-India opener Wasim Jaffer feels that vice-captain has to score runs more consistently.

During an interaction organised by Jio Cinema, Wasim Jaffer said –

“Rahane will have to show consistency in his game, which has been his problem even though he has played 80-90 Tests (84).

“Consistency has been an issue, he will have to overcome it because India have a good captaincy option in him after Rohit Sharma is done. Rahane will have to make runs, and then everything else will follow.

Wasim Jaffer: Consistency has been an issue, Rahane will have to overcome it

Wasim added – “If his form was great from that Australia series after that 36 all-out, the way he led, scored a hundred in Melbourne… had his form remained the same, he would have been the next Test captain. But he lost his form and got dropped.”

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Wasim further added –

“However, he reinvented himself in the IPL and got a chance in the WTC final. He was appointed the vice-captain as well, because the Indian selectors see a good leader in him. He still has age on his side but he needs to score runs, if he does not then he will find it difficult.”