Why Rahane is here to stay

The most impressive observation about Rahane's knocks in England is not quite the strokeplay but some of the finer details in batting, which are usually not taught but learnt as a batsman goes along, for example - strike rotation (which both he and Parthiv Patel have been doing brilliantly) or for that matter, playing the waiting game by giving the bowler his moments before taking him on (Stuart Broad at the Rose Bowl) and making the bowler earn his wicket rather than throwing it away. Of course, these less-glorious yet enormously significant attributes don't get the mention they deserve sadly, overshadowed by a more lyrical appreciation of the batsman's ability to play strokes.