Warne sprang surprises, Dravid keeps it simple: Rahane

"Shane Warne used to take some instinctive decisions and surprise us by doing something which we had never expected. Rahul Dravid is keeping everything as simple as he can. Both are good captains and excellent players," said Rahane ahead of his team Rajasthan Royals' first IPL away game of the season against Mumbai Indians tomorrow.

For Rahane the game tomorrow at the Wankhede Stadium is a home tie as he represents Mumbai in Ranji Trophy and said that it was a special moment to play at his familiar environs.

"Playing at the Wankhede Stadium is always a special moment for me. I started my cricket career here and have played a lot of matches here," he told reporters.

 

Table-toppers Royals are looking to maintain their early momentum going against MI and a victory here would widen the gap over the rest of the field.

"We know Mumbai Indians are a very strong team. They had scored a good victory in the last game. It's a very important game for us," said the 23-year-old Rahane who is trying to cement his place in the Indian team, having played 11 ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals in his fledgling career so far.

Rahane said it has been a splendid team effort that has helped the Jaipur franchise, IPL champions in 2008, win their first two games against Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders on April 6 and 8.

"We have had a good team effort in both our earlier games. All had contributed in the first game. In the second match (Brad) Hodge and Ashok (Menaria) batted well. In between Shrivats (Goswami) and Hodge had a good partnership and at the end Owais Shah contributed important runs to help us reach the 160-mark. MORE PTI SSR PDS