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Ranjane's place in the Second Test and bowled 13 overs in the match for 22 runs and no wicket. Wooldridge was dismissive of his performance, comparing his pace, somewhat hyperbolically, with that of the Australian spinner
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Rajinder Pal for the next two Tests, and for the Fifth Test India played no pace bowler at all.
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962:Rajinder Pal: A seamer lost in an era of spin
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