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==International Centuries== ==International Centuries==

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Ajinkya Rahane
Personal information
Full nameAjinkya Madhukar Rahane
Born (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36)
Ashwi Khurd, Sangamner, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batsman (Test)
Top-order batsman (ODI, T20I and domestic First-Class)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 278)22 March 2013 v Australia
Last Test17-21 July 2014 v England
ODI debut (cap 191)3 September 2011 v England
Last ODI19 June 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.27
T20I debut (cap 39)31 August 2011 v England
Last T20I6 April 2014 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.27
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentMumbai
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 7 30 71 93
Runs scored 543 754 6,360 3,094
Batting average 45.25 25.13 59.43 34.37
100s/50s 2/2 0/6 22/26 4/21
Top score 118 91 265* 187
Balls bowled – – 108 42
Wickets – – 0 3
Bowling average – – – 14.33
5 wickets in innings – – – 0
10 wickets in match - - – n/a
Best bowling – – – 2/36
Catches/stumpings 4/– 15/– 59/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 June 2014

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (Template:Lang-mr; born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer. He represents Mumbai (formerly Bombay cricket team) in domestic competitions. Rahane 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 is widely praised for his batting technique, commitment and discipline to the game. Already after less than ten Tests Rahane has made a reputation for scoring runs in pressurised situations. He is sometimes described by the pundits as "one of the rising stars of Indian cricket".

Ajinkya Rahane made his first-class debut in 2007-08 season and averaged an impressive 62.04 after 100 innings. As Rahane scored over 1000 runs thrice in his five seasons, a Test call-up became inevitable. In the 2011 Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan, Rahane scored 152 and that innings helped him get selected in India’s Test squad. With batsman Shikhar Dhawan injuring his fingers, Rahane made his Test debut in the 2013 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. He was also part of the India tour of South Africa, 2013 and India tour of New Zealand, 2014. His maiden Test century came at Basin Reserve, Wellington in the last match of the series.

In the Indian Premier League cricket, he currently plays for the Rajasthan Royals (Jaipur).

Personal life

Rahane was born in a Marathi-speaking family. He cleared his Secondary School Certificate from SV Joshi High School, Mumbai.

Domestic career (2007- present)

Rahane had performed well when India U-19 toured New Zealand in early 2007 with two hundreds. The tour boasted future international stars such as Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Ishant Sharma, Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Ravindra Jadeja. The scores in New Zealand impressed the selectors and they picked him for the Mohammad Nissar Trophy in Pakistan. He had no Ranji Trophy experience prior to this match in Karachi.

First-class

Rahane (as a 19-year-old) made his first-class debut for Mumbai against Karachi Urban in the Mohammad Nissar Trophy in September 2007, at Karachi, when most of the first-choice Mumbai players were unavailable for various reasons. Opening the innings with Sahil Kukreja, he scored a century on debut 143 (207) against the Karachi Urban attack comprising Anwar Ali. They notched up an opening partnership of 247, as Kukreja scored 110. Rahane was subsequently picked for the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India.

He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his first-class side Mumbai in the 2007/2008 season. His wonderful Ranji season followed an impressive showing for West Zone in the 2007–08 Duleep Trophy, where he scored 172 against an England Lions attack comprising Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Steve Kirby and Liam Plunkett.

Rahane with 1089 runs in his second Ranji season (2008-09), was a crucial factor in Mumbai's 38th title win. He continued to impress in domestic cricket, scoring three hundreds each in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons of the Ranji Trophy. His first-class top score of 265 not-out (batting at no. 3 for Mumbai) came against Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal in 2009-10 season. As Rahane scored over 1000 runs thrice in his five seasons, a Test call-up became inevitable. In the 2011 Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan, Rahane scored 152 and that innings helped him get selected in India’s Test squad.

Though Rahane has batted in the top three for Mumbai for his entire career - he started out as an opener and shifted down to No. 3 later - he plays as as a middle-order batsman for the Indian national team.

List A career

Rahane's List A career is not impressive as his first-class statistics. Rahane made his List A debut for Mumbai against Delhi in the Ranji One-day Trophy in March 2007, at Delhi. Scoring 61 runs on debut he was instrumental in 171 runs match winning opening partnership with former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer.

Two centuries in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia brought him a place in the India ODI squad for the tour of England in 2011.

Rahane progressed through the Mumbai ranks and has also been a part of the Indian U-19 team and the India A. Ajinkya Rahane has also turned out for India Blue and India Green in the Challenger Series.

International career

Test career

Rahahe was named in the Test squad to play the West Indies in November 2011. Rahane was carried in the squad for 16 months and in his presence, he saw seven players make their debuts. His performance in the limited-overs cricket (ODI and T20I) during that period was also not encouraging, as he averaged around 25 in both ODI and T20 cricket, and struggled for form in the series against Pakistan and England (January 2013).

Rahane finaly made his debut in Test cricket on 22 March 2013 against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi. According to the media, Rahane got this chance through "sheer luck". Shikhar Dhawan, who made a dazzling start to his career in the third Test at Mohali scoring 187 on debut, was the obvious choice for the Delhi Test until he suffered an injury to his knuckles on his left hand. Gautam Gambhir, who was picked as a replacement for Dhawan, was sidelined owing to jaundice. Rahane was handed his India Test cap by senior bowler Harbhajan Singh. It also brought an end to a lean patch for the 40-time Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai, who did not produce even a single Test player for India in since May 2007.

Rahane was named in 15 Man Squad to tour South Africa in December 2013 Where he bat at no. 6 And made 209 runs at an average of 69.66 (including a 96 of 157 balls at Kingsmead, Durban when India was in trouble) against the bowling attack comprising Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander. "For a man who had spent many a tour and series warming up the bench, carrying drinks, wondering when his opportunity will come, he has taken his chance with both hands, even though it arrived in the most difficult of conditions to bat in", cricket pundit Sidharth Monga wrote from Durban after the series. Rahane finished as India's third-highest run-getter in the series, but he was in the most precarious position of all before the series began.

Rahane made his first Test ton at Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand on 15 February 2014 against New Zealand When India Tour New Zealand For 2 Match Test series India was in a difficult position when Rahane came to the crease at 156 for five and by the time he departed with 118 India were in a match-winning position ruined by Brendon McCullum’s triple century And James Neesham's Debut Hundred "He had a mountain of first-class runs backing him, of course, but did he have what goes around by the queer name of X-factor? Did he have that extra edge in his game and personality that separates top-class international players from the rest? Was he merely humble, or was he unable to assert himself, unable to absorb real pressure? After his first two Test tours to South Africa and New Zealand, we can safely conclude it must be the former. Underneath that seemingly soft exterior lurks a solid Test batsman, and he was on display at the Basin Reserve", ESPN Cricinfo wrote in their analysis.

Rahane is currently playing Investec Test Series (India tour of England, 2014) in England. His previous overseas performances (in away Tests, Rahane averaged 61.83 having scored 371 in four Tests including a century and two fifties) earned him a place in the playing eleven over Rohit Sharma. He justified his selection by making his second hundred at the second Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground. Put in to bat on a green-top wicket by Alastair Cook, India collapsed to 140 for six by tea, only to be rescued by Rahane's century. He was able supported by seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who scored a valuable 36, besides putting on 90 runs for the eighth wicket. In the process, Rahane became the fourth Indian batsman to post a Test century on his first appearance at Lord’s, joining Sourav Ganguly, Dilip Vengsarkar and Ajit Agarkar.

One-day International career

Two centuries in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia (2011) brought Rahane a place in the India limited overs squad for the tour of England. He made his debut against England at Chester-le-Street as a replacement for opener Virender Sehwag. Although Rahane made 40 runs at strike-rate of 90.90, India's hopes of their first victory of the 2011 summer against England were thwarted by a washout at Chester-le-Street.

He did well in his maiden international series (2011 NatWest Series), against England in England, and in the return series. He made a 47 ball 54 on his second match of the latter tour, which still remains his only half-century against a quality opposition outside Asia. His top-score is 91 (104), scored against England at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali in October 2011.

Rahane failed to impress in his next few limited over matches against West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England. He scored a fifty in the India tour of Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, but was dismal in his performance in the One-day matches against South Africa and New Zealand (2013-14).

T20 International Career

Rahane made his international debut for India in a Twenty20 International against England at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester in August 2011. He scored a half-century on this match (61 of 49) against an England attack comprising Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan. The match was the only T20I played by former Indian captain Rahul Dravid.

Rahane was part of indian team make it to the final of 2014 World T20. After sitting on bench for the first 3 match He get a chance to play against Australia where he scored 19 runs. He gave india a good start in the semi final scored 32 runs and India go on to win the Match.

International Centuries

Test Centuries
Ajinkya Rahane's Test centuries
No. Score Match Balls 4s 6s Against H/A Venue Year Result
1 118 5 158 17 1  New Zealand Away Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 2014 Drawn
2 103 7 154 15 1  England Away Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England 2014 Won

Indian Premier League cricket

Rahane was widely regarded as not being a Twenty20 player going into 2012 Indian Premier League, but had a superb season for Rajasthan Royals. Previously he was in the Mumbai Indians squads and got limited opportunities.

Rahane has had a successful stint with Rajasthan Royals so far, playing with a tight technique under Rahul Dravid's mentorship. Rahane rose to prominence in the Premier League world in 2012 season for Rajasthan Royals. He hit a match-winning 98 in his first game of IPL 2012 against Kings XI Punjab and followed that up with an unbeaten 103 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. His 84 off 63 balls against Delhi Daredevils was in vain though, as they lost by just one run. In Premier League 2012 Rahane became the first batsman to hit a century and emerged the leading run-scorer for Rajasthan Royals. He was retained by the Royals for the 2014 Premier League season.

References

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