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Rahane reveals he saved Jaiswal from four-match ban
Ajinkya Rahane has revealed that he saved Yashasvi Jaiswal from a four-match ban during the 2022 Duleep Trophy final. Rahane said Jaiswal was involved in repeated exchanges with an opponent and had…
The Story in Brief
Ajinkya Rahane has revealed that he saved Yashasvi Jaiswal from a four-match ban during the 2022 Duleep Trophy final. Rahane said Jaiswal was involved in repeated exchanges with an opponent and had received warnings from the umpire. As West Zone captain, Rahane sent Jaiswal to the dressing room to cool off. The match referee, Vengalil Narayanan Kutty, had already prepared a ban letter but tore it up after Rahane's intervention. Jaiswal went on to score 265 runs in the match and later made his India debut in 2023.
The Indian Opinion
The story of Rahane saving Jaiswal from a ban is being framed as a dramatic mentor-mentee saga, but it misses a simpler point: Rahane was just doing his job as captain. The exaggerated narrative of a potential rift or Jaiswal leaving Mumbai ignores that he stayed. What matters now is not past flashpoints but whether Jaiswal's discipline on the field matches his run-scoring ability.
Sources (3): sports.ndtv.com, sports.ndtv.com (2), timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
