Bengaluru: Indian coach Anil Kumble made it clear that they cannot ignore the Ajinkya Rahane’s performances over the past two years and there are no questions of dropping him from the playing eleven in second Test against Australia here on Saturday.
“There is no question of dropping Rahane. He has scored really well, he has been extremely successful over the last couple of years. In terms of team composition we still haven’t discussed on that. All 16 are available”, said Kumble.
“Yes it’s unfortunate that Karun missed out after scoring the triple hundred. But that’s the way the composition of the team has been. We have always looked to play five bowlers and it’s unfortunate that he came in as a replacement. It is nice to have these kind of choices in the team”, Kumble said.
“People have been successful in a group. That’s the beauty of this group that whoever came in has done really well but there have been times when people were left out because of team composition and combination. But Karun is class act and we have seen his short international chances he has got”, he added.