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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The Indian batters struggled to deal with swing and short-pitch bowling from the New Zealanders as the hosts won the two-match Test series 2-0 against India.
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Kohli felt Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane were the only two batters from the Indian lineup to have provided the team with some momentum.
Ajinkya Rahane (25 batting) and Hanuma Vihari (15 batting) were the two unbeaten at the close of play as India faced 65 overs in their second innings.
Mayank Agarwal (34) was the only batsman, apart from vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (38*), who was able to counter the New Zealand seamers.
Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal played unnecessary shots and got out when all they had to do was bide their time and put in the hard yards.
India were reduced to 122/5 on day one of the first Test as rain forced umpires to call off play early at Basin Reserve.
Mayank Agarwal showed composure and promise on Friday before being out for 34 to Trent Boult after lunch.
India are missing Rohit Sharma at the top of the order and Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw will are likely to open the innings for India in the first Test at Wellington.
The team celebrated Mayank Agarwal's 29th birthday with the tradition of cake smashing and BCCI shared some photos of the celebration.
Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant scored big runs in the three-day warm-up game against New Zealand XI.
Mayank Agarwal has struggled throughout the New Zealand tour so far, but scored a much-needed 81* on the final day of the warm-up match ahead of the first Test.
The visitors will do start as the favourites in the contest despite their history in the land (only one Test match won in New Zealand in the last 44 years), but the team management will face two big selection questions ahead of the series.
Hanuma Vihari scored 101 off 182 balls as India scored 263 in their first-innings after mutually deciding to bat first in the warm-up game.
Team India begin the three-match ODI series against New Zealand with Mayank Agarwal and Pritvhi Shaw making their debuts.
Mayank Agarwal was the logical choice in the white-ball format since he was the reserve opener in the side during the home ODI series against the West Indies when Shikhar Dhawan was absent due to knee injury.
Rohit retired hurt after scoring 60 off 41 balls after he pulled his calf muscle while going for a quick single during the match that India won on Sunday.
Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar and Shardul Thakur were also handed BCCI annual central contracts on Thursday.
Mayank Agarwal on Wednesday shared a video on Twitter where he was seen working out at the gym to Fort Minor's hit song 'Remember the Name'.
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