How Ajinkya Rahane Helped Yashasvi Jaiswal Escape A Ban After Duleep Trophy Row

Fo me
I dia
captai
Aji kya
Raha e
has
evealed
that
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
was
close
to
eceivi g
a
fou -match
ba
afte
a
heated
i cide t
du i g
the
2022
Duleep
T ophy.
Raha e,
the
West
Zo e
captai ,
stepped
i
befo e
the
situatio
escalated
a d
asked
Jaiswal
to
leave
the
field.

Raha e
Steps
I
Du i g
Jaiswal’s
Heated
Excha ge

Jaiswal
was
i volved
i
a
heated
excha ge
with
South
Zo e’s
T
Ravi
Teja
du i g
the
match.
Acco di g
to
Raha e,
the
you g
batte
had
al eady
eceived
multiple
wa i gs
f om
the
umpi es
befo e
the
i cide t
fo ced
him
to
i te ve e.

Speaki g
to
The
I dia
Exp ess,
Raha e
said
he
u de stood
that
sledgi g
was
pa t
of
c icket
but
felt
the
situatio
was
getti g
out
of
co t ol.

“Sledgi g
happe s
i
the
game,
a d
I
ag ee
that
it
should
happe —it
adds
a
bit
of
fu ,& dquo;
he
said.

“I
se sed
the
situatio ,
the ,
would
have
go e
out
of
ha d.
Yes,
at
that
poi t
Yashasvi
must
have
felt
bad.
But
we& squo;ve
see
ma y
situatio s
whe e
playe s
have
bee
ba ed,
a d
you
eve
k ow
how
time
cha ges.& dquo;

Raha e
said
he
had
to
take
espo sibility
fo
his
teammate
a d
decided
that
se di g
Jaiswal
back
to
the
d essi g
oom
was
the
best
way
to
p eve t
fu the
t ouble.

“O e
oppo tu ity
go e,
you
time
cha ges—you
eve
k ow.
I
se sed
the
situatio
a d
also
felt
both
playe s
we e
goi g
out
of
ha d,
a d
it
was
my
espo sibility
to
co t ol
my
teammate,& dquo;
he
said.

Match
Refe ee
Had
Al eady
P epa ed
Fou -Match
Ba
Lette

Raha e’s
i te ve tio
appa e tly
cha ged
the
cou se
of
the
discipli a y
p oceedi gs.
He
evealed
that
match
efe ee
Ve galil
Na aya a
Kutty
had
al eady
p epa ed
a
lette
ecomme di g
a
fou -match
suspe sio
fo
Jaiswal.

“The
match
efe ee
was
eady
with
a
4-match
ba —the
lette
was
al eady
w itte ,& dquo;
Raha e
said.

Acco di g
to
Raha e,
the
match
efe ee
late
showed
him
the
lette
befo e
decidi g
to
withd aw
it
afte
seei g
how
the
West
Zo e
captai
had
ha dled
the
situatio .

“He
came
up
to
me
a d
said,
‘This
is
the
lette ,
but
because
you
did
this,
I& squo;m
tea i g
it
up.& squo;
He
to e
the
lette
i
f o t
of
me…
I
the
e d,
I
was
happy
that
Jaiswal
did & squo;t
get
a y
match
ba ,
a d
ow
he& squo;s
playi g
fo
I dia.& dquo;

Raha e
also
ack owledged
that
the
i cide t
could
have
had
a
majo
impact
o
Jaiswal’s
ca ee
at
the
time,
while
maki g
it
clea
that
he
was
ot
claimi g
espo sibility
fo
the
batte ‘s
eve tual
success.

“What
could
have
happe ed?
Maybe
he
would & squo;t
have
played
afte
that,
o
maybe
ot.
He& squo;s
a
quality
playe —I& squo;m
ot
taki g
a y
c edit
away
f om
him.
But
you
eve
k ow,& dquo;
he
said.

Jaiswal
Respo ded
With
A
Match-Wi i g
K ock

Despite
the
co t ove sy,
Jaiswal
fi ished
the
tou ame t
o
a
high.
He
sco ed
265
i
the
Duleep
T ophy
fi al
as
West
Zo e
defeated
South
Zo e,
ea i g
the
Playe
of
the
Match
awa d.

The
i cide t
also
became
pa t
of
a
difficult
pe iod
i
Jaiswal’s
elatio ship
with
Mumbai
c icket.
He
was
subseque tly
li ked
with
a
move
to
Goa,
although
he
ultimately
emai ed
with
Mumbai.

Yea s
late ,
Jaiswal
has
established
himself
as
o e
of
I dia’s
leadi g
Test
batte s.
Raha e’s
accou t
offe s
a
glimpse
i to
how
close
the
you g
ope e
came
to
missi g
matches
at
a
c ucial
stage
of
his
ea ly
ca ee .

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