{"id":125353,"date":"2026-08-01T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/rahane-the-silent-guardian-of-indian-cricket-whose-numbers-undersold-his-legacy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:35:49","slug":"rahane-the-silent-guardian-of-indian-cricket-whose-numbers-undersold-his-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/rahane-the-silent-guardian-of-indian-cricket-whose-numbers-undersold-his-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahane: The silent guardian of Indian cricket whose numbers undersold his legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ajinkya Rahane&#8217;s Test career is one of Indian cricket&#8217;s greatest statistical paradoxes. His average of 38.46 falls short of the elite, yet the numbers hide a batter who thrived overseas, delivered in crises and played defining roles in historic victories. This data-driven feature explores why Rahane&#8217;s legacy extends far beyond conventional statistics and career aggregates.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ajinkya Rahane&#8217;s Test career is one of Indian cricket&#8217;s greatest statistical paradoxes. His average of 38.46 falls short of the elite, yet the numbers hide a batter who thrived overseas, delivered in crises and played defining roles in historic victories. This data-driven feature explores why Rahane&#8217;s legacy extends far beyond conventional statistics and career aggregates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":125354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}