Rahane back in Test squad for WTC final

Ajinkya Rahane has returned to the Test team for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval in London in June, 14 months after he was ousted from India's Test team and one month after losing his central contract with the Indian cricket board (BCCI).
The four national selectors picked the team before it was announced. Rahane’s inclusion comes on the back of a steady Ranji Trophy season and the injury to Shreyas Iyer. He has also been playing brilliantly in the current IPL, incidentally. Although Rahane's hot performance for Chennai Super Kings has received a lot of attention, it had very little to do with his selection. It is discovered that his IPL shape in this instance is simply accidental.
Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were let go by the team administration and selectors in February 2022 in an effort to develop the batting of India in the future. Now they are starting from scratch. Ravindra Jadeja is likely to be asked to take up the bulk of the middle-order workload. Rahane's experience would be crucial for the team management to overcome the difficult conditions in England. Sources said that the selectors had very few options to pick a middle-order batter in the absence of Rishabh Pant and Iyer. Suryakumar Yadav’s long-format batting hasn’t been convincing for the selectors. Sarfaraz Khan, who has been dominating First-Class cricket for two seasons, has been exposed against top-notch pace in the IPL.