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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Former NZ coach Mike Hesson believes that Mayank Agarwal, who fell out of contention due to poor form and injuries, should also be considered in the XI.
The 46-year-old, who coached New Zealand from 2012-2018, also backed Rishabh Pant to provide the x-factor like he did on the memorable tour of Australia earlier this year and is in favour of a best of three WTC final in the long run.
While the inaugural WTC will be played from June 18-22 in Southampton, the England series will start at Nottingham (Aug 4-8).
Shimron Hetmyer finished things off in style, smashing two sixes and a four against Riley Meredith in the 18th over as Delhi achieved the target with 14 deliveries to spare.
Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah got married to sports presenter Sanjana Ganesan in Goa on Monday. Indian cricketer Mayank Agarwal also congratulated him for the wedding. But the Indian batsman made a goof-up that started a meme fest on social media.
The Indian opener tagged Sanjay Bangar instead of Sanjana Ganeshan in his wedding congratulatory post to the newly-married couple.
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The right-handed batsman, who came out to bat at no.5, fell to Josh Hazlewood right after tea as India's fifth wicket with 38 runs to his name.
Mayank Agarwal -- tipped to be Hanuma Vihari's replacement in the playing XI in Brisbane -- has sustained a knock on the hands and it could be a hairline fracture.
On the first day of the on-going Sydney Test, the hosts ended up scoring 166/2, with debutant Will Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne notching up half-centuries.
BCCI tweets the playing XI for thrid Test; Rohit Sharma is fitted into the playing XI at the cost of Mayank Agarwal while Navdeep Saini makes Test debut.
The Indian batting legend feels the opener’s failure to score runs in the last two Tests is down to his new stance; giving him less options on the backfoot.
With the team on two-day off after the Melbourne Test triumph, the trio spend the night out to welcome 2021.
Rohit's entry certainly adds to the team's choices but whether it can help solve the opening conundrum is something that only time will tell.
With Shubman Gill showing calmness and maturity beyond his age in his debut Test, the team is likely to fit in Rohit either at the expense of Mayank Agarwal at the top or Hanuma Vihari in the middle-order.
Mayank Agarwal reached his 1000th run in Test cricket in his 19th innings, which is the fastest by an Indian opener in the longest format.
Sunil Gavaskar was critical of Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal after their failures in the first innings of the Pink Ball Test.
Pat Cummins bowled a peach of a delivery to dismiss Mayank Agarwal in the first innings of the Adelaide Test.
Nehra feels it makes sense to start Rahul with Mayank Agarwal ahead of Prithvi Shaw or Shubman Gill.
Virat Kohli-led Indian side is set to begin its title defence of the Border-Gavaskar trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17.
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