Belongs to the Mumbai school of batsmanship, Ajinkya Rahane is a classical batsman with all the required traits which makes him a complete package. Those who have seen him bat remains in awe of his exemplary technique, perfect balance at the crease, and his compact style of batting which separates him from his contemporaries. He effortlessly checked his drives and played late without the wristy bottom-hand drive - a quality which most of the subcontinental batsmen of the generation lacks. In his second Ranji season for Mumbai, Rahane scored a mammoth 1089 runs and played an important part in helping his side lift the record 38th Ranji title. He is one of the few players to have scored 1000 runs in a single Ranji season. Despite being a complete player, the Maharashtra-born batsman has only managed to cement his place in the whites in the Indian team. With centuries in Wellington, Lords, Melbourne and a couple of consecutive fifties in Durban, Rahane has proved his mettle as foreign conditions expert where the ball holds an edge over the willow. Before the coveted 2019 World Cup, Rahane also has the chance of to grab that middle-order spot in Team India which is still waiting for the right candidate. Major teams India, India A, India Blue, India Emerging Players, India Under-19s, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiants Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Right-arm medium
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After bowling out India for 307, Australia were set a target of 323 but have lost four wickets in the bargain, courtesy of Ashwin and Shami's strikes. India are 6 wickets away from a win.
The series is even more important for Kohli as it would also define his legacy as a leader having already established himself as world's premier batsman.
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It will be surely a series to watch out for before the 2019 ICC World Cup and both teams will give their all to achieve the glory and the journey will start from Adelaide Oval.
Ahead of the four-match series, Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane feels hosts Australia are favourites to clinch the series as they are playing at a home advantage.
Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara struck fifties as India scored 358 on Day 2 of the tour game versus Cricket Australia XI.
The selectors have not named Rohit's replacement and the team will be picked from the 14-member squad.
The young batsman called on the services of the legend to prepare for his toughest Test yet.
One of the senior members attending the meeting told the Kohli-Shastri duo that there is nothing wrong if BCCI wants them to perform well overseas.
Virat Kohli suggested that India's front line fast bowlers who are in fray for the next year's marquee event should be allowed to skip the IPL 2019.
He has not played in a one-dayer since February but Rahane remained confident that he will be included in the Indian team for next year's World Cup.
It was a scoreboard error at the Feroz Shah Kotla that convinced Rahane to celebrate his century.
Rahane dropped anchor to score an unbeaten 144 off 156 balls while the young Ishan Kishan smashed his way to an 87-ball 114 during their opening stand of 210 for India C.
The Test vice-captain, who has not played an ODI since February, needs something special to draw attention of the selectors as he leads India C in the Deodhar Trophy.
With only 17 ODIs left before India play their first World Cup match, the core of the team Indian team is more or less settled, which can be detrimental for the motivation for the star players.
Papu Ray has been selected to represent the India C squad led by Ajinkya Rahane for the Deodhar Trophy.
The presence of India Test regulars like Rahane and Ashwin in the tournament is not a surprise as they both have been out of India's limited overs set-up.
Chasing 247, Mumbai were placed comfortably at 155 for two when rain halted play. Iyer (55 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (17) were at the crease with their unbeaten third-wicket stand of 73 runs.
Mumbai's chief selector and former India pacer Ajit Agarkar confirmed that all the three players will be available to play in the semis.
Kohli was all praise for Umesh Yadav, who became only the third Indian pacer to take 10 wickets in a Test at home.
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