Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian cricketer. He plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format. Rahane made his international debut in a Twenty20 International against England in August 2011. He made his Test debut in the March 2013 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in IPL. In April 2019, he joined Hampshire as their overseas player for two months of the season.
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Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian cricketer. He plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format. Rahane made his international debut in a Twenty20 International against England at Manchester in August 2011. He made his Test debut in the March 2013 Border–Gavaskar Trophy. His first Test century came at Basin Reserve, Wellington against New Zealand. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in IPL. In September 2018, Rahane was named as captain for the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament. In April 2019, he joined Hampshire as their overseas player for two months of the season. He married childhood friend Radhika Dhopavkar on 26 September 2014. The couple welcomed their first child, Aarya, in October 2019. He is currently the vice captain of the Indian cricket team in Test cricket. He has also turned out for India Blue Green in the NKP Challenger Trophy. In October 2018, he led the India C’s squad to the Deodhar Trophy final and played a crucial knock of 144* to win the Final. He averaged around 25 in both ODI and T20 cricket for England and Pakistan and struggled in both series. He was selected in the squad to play against West Indies in November 2011. In the final, he scored 144* as India won by eight wickets. He also played in the final of the IPL for Delhi Capitals against the Chennai Super Kings. He scored 1089 runs in his second Ranji Trophy season for Mumbai in 2009–10.
His top score of 265 not-out came against Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal in the 2009-10 season and also tournament. He had also been a part of the India U-19 team and the India A.P. Challenger Trophy in 2007-08. In 2011, he was selected as the captain of India C’s squad in the 2018-19 Deodar Trophy tournament and led the team to the Final of the Vijayazare Trophy. He played for India in the 2012-13 IPL and the 2013-14 IPL matches against the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils. In August 2013, he made his List A debut for Mumbai against Delhi for the Ranji One-day Trophy in March 2007. He contributed 61 runs to a 171-run partnership with former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer. He continued to impress in domestic football, scoring three centuries in each of the 2009 and 2010–11 seasons of the Ranjee Trophy. The scores in New Zealand impressed the selectors and they picked him for the Mohammad Nissar Trophy in Pakistan in September 2007, at Karachi, when most of the first-choice Mumbai players were unavailable for various reasons. His performances helped him get selected for India’s Test squad for the 2011 Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan. He surpassed 1000 runs in three separate seasons, and scoring 152 in the 2011 Irani Trophy match against Rajasthan in November 2011.
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