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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Ian Chappell heaped praise on Ajinkya Rahane's captaincy, saying that India have got a "very good replacement" in the position for Virat Kohli.
With regular skipper Virat Kohli opting to play just the first Test of the four matches so as to return to India for the birth of his child, Ajinkya Rahane is most likely to lead the side in the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Ajinkya Rahane is likely to lead Indian team in the absence of Kohli, with him being the vice-captain of the side in the longest format of the game.
Indian captain skipping three Test matches serves likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, among others to express their full potential against Australia.
Having suffered three consecutive defeats, Delhi Capitals will look to end their losing streak as they take on Mumbai Indians in their penultimate match to qualify for play-off stages.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who will be making his 150th appearance for the team, opted for the same XI.
The stylish right-handed batsman is finding it hard to break into the team’s starting XI after Delhi Capitals found their winning combination early in the season.
Ricky Ponting has named an Indian player at Delhi Capitals who is not "an automatic selection" in the playing XI, but is working on improving his game.
The Delhi Capitals head coach feels spinners won't be that effective in the earlier half of the season.
In a dramatic finish, the global chess body FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich declared India and Russia as joint winners as the final match was interrupted by a computer server problem.
The 25-year-old also talked about head coach Ricky Ponting and claims that the legendary Aussie makes everyone comfortable in the camp and gave him freedom as a captain.
Ajinkya Rahane last played an ODI in February 2018, but insists that his aim is to make a comeback to limited-overs format in international cricket.
Rahane, who joined Delhi Capitals this year, may find it difficult to find a slot in the top order as Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw are set to open the batting with Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer and Rishabh Pant being next in line.
Rahane revealed that it was Sourav Ganguly who asked him to play for Delhi in 2019 during his county stint with Hampshire, as the former India captain was covering the 2019 WC at the same time.
The Indian players of the Delhi Capitals team arrived in Mumbai on Thursday and they will be flying out for United Arab Emirates on Sunday for the league that begins on September 19.
Delhi Capitals' new acquisition Ajinkya Rahane has said that he is looking forward to the 2020 season of the tournament.
Rahane, who has changed base to Delhi Capitals from Rajasthan Royals, said health should be the top priority.
Rahane feels IPL is the best platform for him to make his comeback in India's limited-overs set-up.
Rahane also opined that he tries to stay away from getting too involved in the planning.
Rahane also shared the advice he got from batting legend and former India captain Rahul Dravid.
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