Opener Mayank Agarwal described the Basin Reserve wicket as 'tricky', adding it was very difficult to negotiate for India's batsmen on Day 1 of the first Test against New Zealand, in Wellington, on Friday.
Rahane and his teammates are enjoying the phase where the current batch under Virat Kohli is expected to win Test series outside sub-continent following their historic triumph in Australia last year.
Both Gill and Shaw are 20 and considered the stars of the future after a splendid runs in age-group cricket.
'At least 7 to 8 players, who are all Test team specialists will have to be in England in June'
India's ODI squad against Australia announced; squads for New Zealand tour declared
Images from Day 2 of the second Test between England and India, at Lord's, on Friday.
India will aim to soar higher with the return of Virat Kohli against Joe Root's England
Prithvi should bat just like he does for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy, said Rahane
England's pacers chipped away at the wickets to reduce to India to 174 for six in their first innings at stumps on Day 2 in the fifth and final Test at the Oval in London on Saturday.
Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane feels that the batsmen will have to show a lot of patience if they are to find success in the upcoming four-Test series against the West Indies.
Kohli injures right shoulder while fielding in Ranchi
Images from Day 1 of the second Test between India and England, at the M A Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai.
'We understood that once we get a couple of wickets, it's gonna be a downslide pretty quick'
Jasprit Bumrah, the fastest Indian pacer to 50 wickets, is now seventh in the bowlers' list after a leap of nine places owing to his five-wicket haul against the West Indies.
India thrashed West Indies by 318 runs in their inaugural World Test Championship encounter but at the onset, there was a debate on the omission of senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. The legendary Sunil Gavaskar termed his exclusion as "astonishing".
Rahane spoke about how he channelised his energies during his two-month stay in Southampton, playing for the Hampshire.
Among those who remembered the slain bravehearts, who fell to bullets of Pakistani terrorists while repulsing the deadly attack on this day 11 years ago, were their kin, politicians, government officials, sports persons and common citizens.
The India Test vice-captain has scored just three hundreds and eight fifties from 48 innings since 2016.
Key facts on the India squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh in Indore.
Ishant Sharma took five for 42 runs to leave West Indies reeling on 189 for eight in 59 overs at stumps in reply to India's first innings score of 297..
Should Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan be dropped?
The famed Indian batting line-up crashed for a lowly 135 to lose the first Test by 72 runs in Newlands on Monday.
Captain Kohli and Coach Shastri's selection choices for the first two Tests against England, which India lost, were bizarre. Why, for instance, did they drop Umesh Yadav and include Kuldeep Yadav for a seaming track at Lord's? Instinct, gentlemen, can't overrule logic. Time we helped Messrs Kohli and Shastri pick the side for the Trent Bridge Test. What changes must India make for the must-win third Test?
Markande (5 for 31) spun a web around the visitors to bowl them out for 180 in the second innings on the third day of the four-day match.
There has been no change in KL Rahul's wretched form even after his comeback from suspension but India 'A' coach Rahul Dravid is not worried as he has confidence in the talented opener's quality.
Ajinkya Rahane rated his knock of 132 against Sri Lanka as one his best on spin-friendly tracks as he predicted tough times for batsmen in the remainder of the second Test.
Sitting comfortably with a 304-run lead, India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said the plans of batting just once during the match seems to have worked for the team.
Cheteshwar Pujara carved out one of his finest Test hundreds, a knock punctuated by a mix of trademark tenacity and grace, as India eked out a slender 27-run first innings lead against England on Day 2 of the fourth Test.
Australia's Steve Smith, on Friday, felt Ajinkya Rahane will do a good job as skipper in the probable absence of Virat Kohli.
The West Indies bowling could have been taken to the cleaners, but the skipper hit only 10 fours in his knock -- significantly less than Shaw's 19 boundaries and Pujara's 14 hits.
Help coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli in selecting India's best 11 for the first Test against the West Indies.
Insisting that Indian players have played on worse tracks back home, vice captain Ajinkya Rahane termed the Wanderers' pitch as 'challenging' and not dangerous.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between India and the West Indies.
Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Thursday blamed the Indian team's much-vaunted batting line-up's failure to complement the bowlers for their Test series defeat in England.
Images from Day 2 of the Pink-ball first Test between Australia and India, in Adelaide, on Friday.
'We have a change at the top of the order and we will give these guys enough space and enough chances to feel comfortable at that position'
The five-Test series starts with the first match in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Mitchell Santner believes the upcoming limited overs series in his home country against India could be a high-scoring affair
The three-Test South Africa series is the first of a gruelling 2018-19 season that includes tours to England and Australia.
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