Quotes by Ajinkya Rahane - Page 1

It's always important to respect your opponent.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Opponent
Copy Quote
When I am batting on the crease, I am the boss.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Batting
Boss
Copy Quote
Consistency is the key to becoming a good cricketer.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Consistency
Copy Quote
Being vice captain of India is a really proud moment.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Captain
Vice
Copy Quote
When I played 2 months in county cricket, I learnt a lot.
Ajinkya Rahane /
County
Learnt
Copy Quote
County cricket has helped every player who has been part of it.
Ajinkya Rahane /
County
Copy Quote
I have been a fan of True Religion since I saw Sachin Tendulkar wearing them.
Ajinkya Rahane /
True Religion
Copy Quote
I try not to get affected by criticism as it is unwanted and I can't control it.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Affected
Criticism
Unwanted
Control
Copy Quote
Personally, everyone dreams to be part of World Cup squad. Mine was also the same.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Squad
World Cup
Copy Quote
I have always worked hard and there's nothing that can compare to captaining India.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Compare
Copy Quote
As long as I value what I have and respect my cricket, I know I am on the right path.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Right Path
Copy Quote
I was part of an Under-15 squad training at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Squad
Copy Quote
If the team management asks me to bat at a certain position, I am always ready for that.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Management
I Am Me Always
Copy Quote
We invest in real estate, equity shares, etc. My father takes care of it and my wife helps too.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Equity
Invest
Estate
Real Estate
Shares
Copy Quote
Whenever an opportunity comes to play ODI and T20I cricket, I will work hard and make it count.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Count
Copy Quote
It's important to train even if you're not batting. You just have to do that routine every time.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Batting
Routine
Copy Quote
It always helps a team when the opener is able to bat till the 20th over. I am learning to do so.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Opener
Till
Copy Quote
Sometimes the shots you play in T20s don't look good and you feel that you got out on a bad looking shot.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Good Look Bad
Shot
Copy Quote
As a child you dream of playing for your country, but when it really happens you do not know how to react.
Ajinkya Rahane /
React
Copy Quote
Personally, I take every match seriously and give off my best... My aim is to win and there's no time to relax.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Aim
Relax
No Time
Copy Quote
Rahul Dravid is my role model. I always used to watch him on the television. Now I get to interact with him up-close.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Interact
Role Model
Copy Quote
I was the ball boy during the Mumbai Test of the home series against South Africa in 2000. I was playing Under-14 cricket.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Mumbai
South Africa
Copy Quote
I always look to giving my best whenever I get my opportunity, whether it's in the opening position or in the middle order.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Opening
Copy Quote
Just to go out there and do well. Get as many runs as possible at the top of the order and get the team off to a good start.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Runs
Copy Quote
I don't try and copy anyone in T20 cricket. My cricketing shots are inside out, behind the bowler, and other shots I have developed.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Cricket
Bowler
Copy
Developed
Copy Quote
For a batsman, the bat is your main weapon and you need to respect it. The more you respect it, the better it helps with your cricket.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Weapon
Copy Quote
Some of the apps I use are Google Maps, Amazon, Zomato and Facetime. I also use media player so that I can watch my batting videos and some movies.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Apps
Batting
Maps
Copy Quote
I think it is more important to adjust mentally than technically. What happens at No 3 is that you have to be very careful with your shot selection than at No 5.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Careful
Selection
Adjust
Your Important More
Mentally
Shot
Technically
Important Your More
Copy Quote
You want to give your best and be the best batsman for the team. So, whenever I go in to bat, I always believe in giving the best. I take it as a challenge every time.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Giving
Time Best Always
Bat
Challenge
Best Time Believe
Every Time
Whenever
Copy Quote
I don't know what decisions they are going to take but if you take this Covid-19 situation aside, you want your family to be there with you to support you whenever you are on the tour.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Aside
Copy Quote
Obviously, I'm enjoying my County stint. This is the first time I am playing County cricket and it's a different experience. It's an opportunity of a lifetime and everyone should play it.
Ajinkya Rahane /
County
Cricket
First Time
Lifetime
Time Experience Opportunity
Enjoying
Obviously
Copy Quote
If I am playing 18 ball, I aim to see how I can get my strike rate to 150-160. After 6-14 overs, you need to break down, that if you play half balls, then how much runs you need to get on the board.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Aim
Break
Rate
Ball
Board
How Much
Runs
Strike
Copy Quote
I was practising with wet rubber balls just to get my reaction right, my hand-eye co-ordination right. Because sometimes wickets are softer, two-paced wickets, it helps to practise with a tennis ball.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Practise
Rubber
Wet
Reaction
Softer
Copy Quote
I always believed in getting better and better in each and every format and give my best. As a batsman, it is important to keep learning every time and stay hungry for your runs. I don't get satisfied.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Format
Hungry
Satisfied
Believed
Best Time Learning
Every Time
Getting Better
Runs
Copy Quote
I got my black belt First Dan at the age of 12 and I was the youngest in my training centre. I practised karate till a few years ago and it has helped enhance my flexibility, stamina and mental toughness.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Centre
Flexibility
Mental Toughness
Stamina
Toughness
Training
Years Ago
Belt
Dan
Enhance
Helped
Mental
Till
Youngest
Copy Quote
You have to think for your team-mates and give them positive response. Whatever happens as a captain you have to take the responsibility. Backing my team-mates and supporting them was the biggest learning.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Positive
Response
Backing
Biggest
Captain
Supporting
Copy Quote
Shifting from Tests to T20s is all about mental adjustment. I think adjusting to different conditions, in different situations is something I learnt by speaking to Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Adjusting
Conditions
Something Think About
Learnt
Ms
Copy Quote
As a professional cricketer we are used to prepare for any format. For me switching between formats is a mental thing. I always think technique is only that important and mental preparations are more important.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Format
Switching
Technique
Me Always Important
Me Important Always
Preparations
Copy Quote
I think as a leader, as a captain, it's important to back your instincts, whatever you feel. Yes, it is important to take advice from your colleagues, but in the end what your instincts tell you, you should back that.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Colleagues
Your Important Feel
Captain
In The End
Copy Quote
Outside cricket, I idolise Roger Federer and in the gentleman's game, I look up to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Not only were they great players, but the way they conducted themselves off the field evoked respect.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Federer
Roger
Respect Great Look
Copy Quote
Yes, process and preparations are the most important for me as a player. If preparations are not great, that tends to affect performance. When preparations are perfect you are not searching for results but only counting on performance.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Counting
Perfect
Player
Process
Results
Great Me Important
Affect
Performance
Preparations
Searching
Tends
The Most Important
Yes
Copy Quote
At No 3 you have to take a bit more time to find your feet, but at No 5 you take much less time to get adjusted because you have already observed your openers, the No 3 and No 4 batsmen and you get a fair idea of how the wicket is playing.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Adjusted
Observed
Less Time
Copy Quote
My physical preparation for a series starts at least 10, 15 days before it begins, but mentally around a month before I start visualising things as to which bowling attack I will be facing, the conditions I will encounter and other things.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Bowling
Conditions
Preparation
Mentally
Begins
Encounter
Facing
Copy Quote
For me, the most comforting thing is that the team management thinks I am comfortable in any position I am assigned. They trust me so much and if they give me responsibility of batting in a particular position I also respond positively to it.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Batting
Comforting
Management
Positively
Trust Me
Assigned
Respond
Copy Quote
Last year when I was playing for Hamphsire, Delhi Capitals asked me if I was interested in playing for them. I took my time and I thought it's an opportunity for me to learn something new. To take my game forward, to take my T20 game forward.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Delhi
Last Year
My Time
Something New
Time Opportunity Me
Asked
Time Opportunity Game
Forward
Copy Quote
As an individual, you take Covid-19 situation aside, you would want your family to travel with you, but because of this situation, safety is important, safety of your wife, family and daughter, obviously safety of your teammates is really important.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Safety
Aside
Teammates
Copy Quote
Once you play County cricket, you get strong in the mind and get used to different methods... If it's swinging or seaming in overcast conditions, it's all about how positive you are mentally and if your body movement is in the right direction... You can then always bat better.
Ajinkya Rahane /
Conditions
County
Right Direction
Mentally
Swinging
Copy Quote

Related Authors

Will Rogers
Actor
Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
Thursday, Aug 15, 1935
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
Saturday, Apr 26, 0121
Friday, Mar 17, 0180
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist
Monday, Jul 26, 1875
Tuesday, Jun 06, 1961
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
Saturday, Aug 25, 1900
Albert Camus
Author
Friday, Nov 07, 1913
Monday, Jan 04, 1960
Wayne Dyer
Author
Friday, May 10, 1940
Saturday, Aug 29, 2015
Dalai Lama
Saturday, Jul 06, 1935
Peter Drucker
Author
Friday, Nov 19, 1909
Friday, Nov 11, 2005
Martin Luther
Monk
Saturday, Nov 10, 1483
Monday, Feb 18, 1546
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father Of The United States
Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
Saturday, Apr 17, 1790
Kobe Bryant
Basketball Player
Wednesday, Aug 23, 1978
Kim Kardashian
Television Personality
Tuesday, Oct 21, 1980
Jordan Peterson
Psychologist
Groucho Marx
Comedian
Thursday, Oct 02, 1890
Friday, Aug 19, 1977
Jean De La Bruyere
Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
Thursday, May 10, 1696

View All Quotes

Top Authors

Sun Tzu
Strategist
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Saint Augustine
Saint
Saturday, Nov 13, 0354
Wednesday, Aug 28, 0430
Lucy Larcom
Poet
Friday, Mar 05, 1824
Monday, Apr 17, 1893
Carrie Fisher
Actress
Sunday, Oct 21, 1956
Tuesday, Dec 27, 2016
Billy Graham
Evangelist
Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
Vince Lombardi
Football Player
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1913
Thursday, Sep 03, 1970
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
Saturday, Aug 25, 1900
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
Thursday, Nov 02, 1950
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
Saturday, Apr 26, 0121
Friday, Mar 17, 0180
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011
Francis Of Assisi
Saint
Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
Saturday, Oct 03, 1226
Oprah Winfrey
Media Proprietor
Friday, Jan 29, 1954
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
Sunday, Oct 07, 1849
Michael Jordan
Basketball Player
Sunday, Feb 17, 1963

View All Authors

Ajinkya Rahane Quotes - Page 1

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page