Ajinkya Rahane has a field day

Galle: Pleased with his world record feat of  eight catches in a Test match, Ajinkya Rahane on Friday credited  former India skipper Rahul Dravid for guiding him on slip catching and overall fielding. 

 

Rahane on Friday became the first fielder in Test history to  take eight catches in a game, achieving the feat in the  ongoing first cricket match against Sri Lanka here. 

“We had a very good talk during IPL about what he used to  do when he used to stand in the slips,” revealed Rahane on  working closely with Dravid, who used to man the slip cordon for India during his playing days. 

 

“He told me that focus and concentration were really important things. In Tests sometimes the ball will not come for a long time and suddenly you have to grab that one chance that comes. That temperament has to be there and I have  been working on my slip catching and my overall fielding,” he said at the end of Day Three.