Ajinkya Rahane

Who is Ajinkya Rahane?

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian international cricketer. He represents Mumbai in domestic competitions and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman, who made his international debut against England at Manchester in August 2011 and made his Test debut against Australia in March 2013.

Rahane made his first-class debut in 2007-08 season and averaged 62.04 after 100 first-class innings. He made his T20I debut at Manchester on 31 August 2011 and scored 61 in that match. He scored 40 on his ODI debut in September 2011. After he showed promise in the series, he was drafted into the Test squad. But, he remained a part of India's Test squads for about 16 months, unable to break into the playing eleven. With opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan injuring his fingers in his first Test, Rahane finally made his Test debut in the 2013 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.