India stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane has said that he isn’t really concerned about his own form and is focusing on making the contributions for the team. Rahane didn’t score much runs in England as he only notched up one fifty during the course.
"Not concerned about my form. My job is to contribute as much as possible for my team. Contribution doesn't mean that you need to score 100 in each game. Scores of 30, 40, 50 per innings are also important contributions," Rahane said ahead of the first Test against New Zealand.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid was appointed as the new head coach of the Indian team and talking about him, Rahane said that he has just asked the players to back his strengths.
“Rahul bhai told us to back our strengths and keep it very simple. Not to bother too much about it and for me and Pujara, we know our gameplans and we have been playing since so many years,” he said.
India and New Zealand will lock horns in the first Test in Kanpur slated to begin on Thursday. The last time the two sides met each was in the final of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship. The Blackcaps clinched a win in that encounter to lift the WTC.