Ajinkya Rahane to Start New Role as Commentator
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Ajinkya Rahane played cricket for India for many years.
He recently said goodbye to cricket. This is called retirement.
Now Rahane has a new job. He will not play. He will talk about the game.
This job is called commentary. A person who does this job is a commentator.
Rahane will work as a commentator in the India vs Sri Lanka Test series.
A Test series is a set of long cricket matches between two countries.
Fans were happy and surprised by this news.
This will be Rahane's first time doing commentary. It is his debut in this new job.
He will start this work in Sri Lanka.
Many fans are excited to hear him talk about cricket.
Vocabulary15 words
- retirement
- stopping work; not doing a job anymore
- commentary
- talking about a game while it happens
- commentator
- a person who talks about a game on TV or radio
- Test series
- a group of long cricket games between two countries
- debut
- the first time doing something
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- fans
- people who like a sport or player
- role
- a job or part someone has
- surprise
- something you did not know before
- India
- a country in Asia
- Sri Lanka
- a country near India
- match
- one cricket game
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- news
- new information about something
- team
- a group of players who play together
Quiz
Answer key
1. He retired from cricket 2. Commentator 3. Sri Lanka
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Ajinkya Rahane played cricket for _____ for many years.
He recently said goodbye to cricket. This is called _____.
Now Rahane has a new job. He will not play. He will talk about the _____.
This job is called _____.
Rahane will work as a commentator in the India vs Sri Lanka _____.
A Test series is a set of long cricket matches between two _____.
Fans were happy and _____ by this news.
This will be Rahane's first time doing commentary. It is his _____ in this new job.
He will start this work in _____.
Many fans are excited to hear him talk about _____.