England vs India 2018: 5 Reasons why India will win the fourth Test

#2 Rahane's Welcome Return To Form

Rahane's 81 is a welcome news for Team India

Any overseas tour for India is incomplete without the name of Ajinkya Rahane in the scoresheet. Such has been his consistency in overseas tests, that the dropping of Rahane in the South Africa series earlier, raised so many eyebrows in the cricketing fraternity.

It was evident from statistics that he was clearly struggling to get back his form, but for classical players, it is only a matter of time before getting back to good form.

In the first two tests in England, Rahane looked completely out of sorts against an English bowling lineup that was breathing fire in all directions. He did get those starts, but none of them was substantial enough. None of his knocks could be related to the in-form Rahane that we are all used to seeing.

England versus India, Third Test at Nottingham, and India were getting ready for a do-or-die battle. It is in moments of crisis like these, that champions show their class and Rahane did just that.

India was in a situation of bother at 82/3 when he joined his captain Kohli. He was struggling initially, but he did the most important thing- staying at the crease. He went on to score a crucial 81 that was very important in the context of the game.

Even in the second innings, he looked solid and composed as ever, though he could manage only 29 runs. The welcome return to form of the overseas-specialist Rahane is certainly a big positive for India in the next two Tests and they will once again bank upon Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane to do the bulk of the scoring in the middle order.