Emphasizing the importance of giving players ‘freedom’ and ‘confidence’ to play as per their wish, Ajinkya Rahane said that following this policy helped the team win the Irani Cup. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announced a prize of Rs 1 crore to the team for becoming Irani Cup champions.
Mumbai . India’s veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane stressed the importance of giving players ‘freedom’ and ‘confidence’ to play as per their wish, saying that following this policy helped the team win the Irani Cup. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announced a prize of Rs 1 crore to the team for becoming Irani Cup champions. Rahane-led Mumbai ended a 27-year wait to win the tournament by defeating Rest of India on the basis of first innings lead in Lucknow last week.
Apart from the BCCI’s prize money of Rs 50 lakh, the MCA announced an additional Rs 1 crore during a felicitation ceremony on Monday. This was announced by MCA Secretary Abhay Hadap. Rahane said in this function, “There is no secret to success.” I believe that this game is not about one player, there are 11 players playing in it and four-five are sitting outside. All players are equally important.”
He said, “As a captain it is important to give freedom and confidence to the players because every player is a match winner in his own capacity. Every player has a responsibility. People sitting outside can tell such things which being a captain on the field, he might not have even thought about.” Man of the match of this match, India and Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan said that he told his younger brother Musheer. Had promised to score a century on his behalf. This player, who scored 222 runs in this match, said, “I told him that if I cross fifty, I will score 200 runs in which one century will be for you.” Even before joining the team for this match, Musheer Was out of the competition due to a road accident.
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