Why dropping Ajinkya Rahane for the T20 series makes sense

#3 Slow off the blocks

Rahane is not known to start briskly

Whilst a batsman has enough time to get settled in Tests and ODIs, T20s are a different ball game altogether. The T20 format demands batsmen to go for big shots right from the word 'go', and it gives them no time to settle down or get their eye in.

Rahane has always been a player who has needed time to settle down at the crease. Going after the bowling right from the first delivery isn't his cup of tea. Rather, he is someone who likes to see off a few deliveries and accelerate in the latter half of the innings.

This has brought him great success in the longer forms of the game but this is also something that makes his inclusion in the T20 squad unfeasible.