you see the averages of those who batted at nos 3 4 5puji cheteshwar pujara virat kohli and me our averages went down because of the wickets as a batsman its always challenging to bat in the middle order in india especially its easy for the openers when the ball is hard to score runs when a batsman is out we think what the mistakes are hes making i dont think i was making any mistakes as suchthe reality is that everyone was watching the matches everyone knows how the wickets were behaving in india he addeda pleasing feature of his double century here was his fluency it was a feature of his game which helped him score hundreds on some of the biggest grounds and against the best teams when he was in his prime those strokes seem to have come back he revealed that hes consciously tried to rediscover his old self as a batsmanwhen i was playing the under19s i was batting fearlessly and with freedom there was no baggage im now again trying to play in a similar style with that same free attitude without thinking too much about things which are not in my control if i can do that ill be in a better position i dont want to prove anything to anyone my competition is with me if i maintain that attitude things will happen automatically i dont want to run after anything he explainedajinkya 20 has also decided to rediscover the same stance and balance which saw him make thousands of runs for mumbai and india im trying to be as still as possible in his stance in my earlier days i used to be very still in my stance but over the years as you keep playing cricket changes happen automatically and unknowingly so i recollected a lot about my old knockshow i used to play at the under19 level and when i started playing in the ranji trophy what was my style at that time so im trying to replicate it as much as possible its not possible that i will again bat according to my old style but if im able to get close to that style it will perhaps be better for me he elaboratedlike the oldfashioned cricketer rahane is not into the habit of watching old videos of his knocks however he does make notes of his outings in the middle i dont watch my old videos but for a number of years i have a habit of making notes i try and analyse why i was not scoring runs for a few innings and what my mindset was at that time he revealed