4th Test: Ajinkya Rahane's confidence is shot, should not have been demoted to No.6, says Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar said that the out of form Ajinkya Rahane's confidence would have taken a further hit when he was demoted to No.6 with Ravindra Jadeja replacing him at No.5.

India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane's confidence may have taken a further hit when he was demoted to No.6 during the Oval Test, according to former captain and batting great Sunil Gavaskar. Rahane was demoted with Ravindra Jadeja taking his place at No.5 in both innings of the fourth Test and he was dismissed ojn 14 and a duck. Gavaskar said that the shot Rahane was trying when he was dismissed for LBW against Chris Woakes was not a great one for an out of form batsman. "That was a bad shot for a man out of form to be playing across the line towards square leg. There is no way the ball was going to meet the ball. His confidence is shot. He was not confident before because he hadn’t scored runs apart from that 60 at Lord's. At Leeds, he hadn't got runs," Gavaskar said on The Sony Sports Network.