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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Gowtham took a five-for, while Mayank Agarwal scored a gritty 81 as India A need another 93 runs to seal the unofficial Test series against West Indies A.
Mayank Agarwal scored 4 while Hanuma Vihari was dismissed for a duck as Jason Holder ran through India the A top-order against West Indies A.
With Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini joining the senior team in the US for the T20s against West Indies, Test specialists like opener Agarwal and speedster Yadav, who are already in the Caribbean, will play the second four-day game in their absence.
Mayank Agarwal was left out of India's limited-overs tour of West Indies despite being called in as a back-up during the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
Ahead of India's semifinal clash with the opponent yet to be decided, the Men in Blue were spotted in the streets of Leeds, with Vijay Shankar's replacement Mayank Agarwal spotted with the group.
People in the know of developments said that the call to pick Mayank Agarwal and not Ambati Rayudu was in fact made by the team management and not the five-member selection panel.
Agarwal is yet to make his ODI debut, although he was impressive in his debut Test series during India's historic victory in Australia earlier his year.
The BCCI named Agarwal as Shankar's replacement and it was approved by the International Cricket Council. The Indian team had requested the BCCI for a "suitable top-order batsman".
The BCCI is likely to make a formal request to the ICC to call in a replacement, which could be Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal.
Mayank Agarwal had a great few months and in an exclusive interview with IndiaTV, he revealed a few aspects of living through it.
Opting to bat, Kings XI first restricted Sunrisers to 150 for four and then rode on Rahul and Agarwal's knocks to chased down the target in 19.5 overs.
Chris Gayle, who has been in good form, had missed Kings XI's last match against Delhi Capitals, which Punjab won thanks to Sam Curran's four wickets, which also included a hat-trick.
Having contributed a quickfire 43 off 21 balls, Agarwal said that while chasing a target of 177, the idea was to stay calm and focused to achieve the target.
The talented Rahul was unbeaten on 71 off 57 balls with KXIP reaching the 177-run target in only 18.4 overs.
Andre Russell starred while Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana scored fifties as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 28 runs at Eden Gardens.
Karnataka chased the target with nine balls to spare and ended their otherwise ordinary season on a high.
Agarwal said that he has learnt from his mistakes after the Australian tour where he missed out on a century in the debut innings.
On his part, Mayank knew that focusing on the game was more important but still he couldn't help but reply to the Australian ODI captain.
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