Mayank Agarwal, born in 1991 at Bangalore, is primarily an opening batsman and has been piling on the runs over the past few seasons. Agarwal came under the spotlight when he struck 432 runs at an average of 54 in five matches in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2008-09. He followed that up with a match-winning 160 for India Under-19s, in a one-dayer against Australia Under-19s in Hobart in 2009. He also had a great U-19 World Cup the following year but couldn't help India do well in the tournament. Following that, he gratuated to the India A and has been in and around the side. Agarwal made his Ranji Trophy debut for Karnataka in the 2013-14 season; he made his T20 debut in 2010-11 and List A debut in 2011-12 but has struggled for consistency. He was dropped for the entire 2014-15 season, which according to Rahul Dravid was a "wake-up call" for the opener. Since then, he has worked on his fitness and technique and scored his maiden first-class century the following season. He has been a traveler in the IPL and has played for Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rising Pune Supergiant and is currently playing for Kings XI Punjab. However, his form in domestic cricket has been sensational over the past two seasons but was overlooked by the selectors until last year, when Prithvi Shaw was ruled out due to an injury and he was called up for the last two Tests against Australia. Mayank made his Test debut against the Aussies in the Boxing Day Test and registered two scores over 70 in the first two Test matches he played. Mayank is expected to be India's No.1 choice opener along with Shaw for the upcoming future after the World Cup.
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Debutant Mayank Agarwal provided the base with a confident 76 before Kohli and Pujara steered India to a solid 215/2 on Day 1 at MCG.
Mayank Agarwal batted with confidence, mostly playing with straight bat and treating the balls on merit.
Cheteshwar Pujara (68*) and Virat Kohli (47*) stitched an unbeaten 92-run stand to take India to 215/2 at stumps after debutant Mayank Agarwal's brilliant 76 on Day 1.
Asked if Mayank deserved an early call for Team India, Sait said luck plays a very important role too in life.
A win at MCG will boost either side's chances of securing a rare series victory.
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While Mayank Agarwal has been rewarded for his consistent show at the India A level, Prasad admitted that one needs to ponder on future of Rahul and Vijay after their consistent failures.
Sanjay Manjrekar suggested that India could open with Hanuma Vihari instead as every time he has batted he has looked more a No. 1, 2 or 3 batsman.
The selectors have added all-rounder Pandya and Mayank Agarwal to India’s squad for the third and fourth Test to be played in Melbourne and Sydney respectively
Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Parthiv Patel and Mayank Agarwal hit fifties as India A ended day one of the first unofficial Test versus New Zealand A at Mount Maunganui.
Mayank Agarwal served a timely reminder to the selectors with a brisk 90 while Ankit Bawne hit a patient hundred as Board President's XI scored 360 for six.
The Turbanator slammed selectors and raised many eyebrows by directly targetting them on his Twitter post.
India B cruised to the target in 36.3 overs with opener Mayank Agarwal (69 off 67 balls), Manish Pandey (73 no off 54 balls) and Shubman Gill (66 no off 84 balls) scoring half-centuries.
Agarwal sent the bowlers on a leather hunt with an unbeaten 220 off 250 balls while Shaw punished them with a well-made 136 off 196 balls during a 277-run opening stand.
Mayank Agarwal continued his dream run with yet another hundred as India A comfortably beat England Lions by 102 runs.
Mayank Agarwal smashed a breezy century as India A recorded a convincing seven-wicket victory over West Indies A.
India A piled up a mammoth 458 for 4 to win the second warm-up game by a massive 281 runs ahead of their tri-nation one-day series starting June 22.
On new captain Ravichandran Ashwin, Agarwal said the results are speaking for themselves and the team is gelling well.
Mayank Agarwal continued his record-breaking form in the domestic season as his 79-ball 90 set up the foundation for Karnataka’s 41-run win against Saurashtra in the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday.
The 160-run target was never going to be a big ask for Karnataka's quality batting line-up as openers Mayank Agarwal (81*) and skipper Karun Nair (70*) made merry with no pressure of scoreboard, achieving the target in only 30.3 overs.
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