Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane hit unbeaten centuries to power India to 344 for three against Sri Lanka on Day 1 of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, on Thursday.
Varun Chakravarthy, a key player for both the Indian team and the Kolkata Knight Riders, emphasizes the importance of consistency and reveals he is working on new variations to his spin bowling.
No one in his right senses will expect Ajinkya Rahane to bat like Sachin Tendulkar or make thousands of runs and own a plethora of records. But the right-hander guarantees to carry forward the rich legacy of the fabled Mumbai school of batting.
Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey reacts after the team's fifth consecutive defeat in the ongoing Indian Premier League, their first of the first in the cash-rich league's history.
Before the opening day of the second Test, the BCCI officially announced that Rahane, Ishant and, more importantly, Ravindra Jadeja are out of the match due to various injuries.
Venkatesh, one of the marquee players this season, was bought back by KKR for a massive Rs 23.75 crores, making him one of the most expensive players in the league.
Promising India batsman Ajinkya Rahane is disappointed to miss out a hundred by a whisker but has said his match winning 98-run knock which helped Rajasthan Royals to notch up a 31-run victory over Kings XI Punjab in IPL V was very satisfying.
Mumbai Ranji Trophy captain Ajinkya Rahane has praised the BCCI 'for giving importance to domestic cricket.'
'Selectors should have a clear idea about him (Pujara). Do they need him to play Test cricket anymore or do they want to continue with youngsters and communicate it to him. Somebody like Pujara can't be dropped, then picked, dropped again and then picked. Same with Ajinkya Rahane also.'
Mumbai will have to beat Meghalaya by a big margin to win with a bonus point in their last league match while also needing other results to go their way.
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Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers to take note of at the end of the first day's play in the fourth Test between India and South Africa.
Jaiswal has been part of Mumbai's Ranji squad since the 2018-19 season and in 34 Ranji Trophy matches he has a first-class average of 61.65.
Steve Smith may have been disgraced for his role in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa but newly-appointed Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane said that he still respects him as a world-class batsman.
Abhinav Mukund and Ajinkya Rahane smashed twin half centuries as India crushed New Zealand by seven wickets in their second match of the Emerging Players 40-over tournament in Brisbane.
Wankhede Stadium witnessed a gathering of cricketing royalty in the past two days
Delighted to be on Lord's roll-of-honour after a gritty hundred on the opening day of the second Test, Ajinkya Rahane revealed that he was a little nervous before his first Test at the celebrated ground.
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Teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw, who made a successful Test debut against the West Indies, will play for India 'A' captained by Dinesh Karthik.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will look to set their house in order and get back to winning ways when they face an upbeat yet unpredictable Punjab Kings for the second time in a row in the IPL match in Dharamsala on Sunday.
Former India Under-19 captain Ashok Menaria smashed an unbeaten 94 and added 174 runs for the undefeated second-wicket stand with in-from Ajinkya Rahane, as India amassed 191 for 1 at stumps against Australian Institute of Sports, after dismissing them for 205 in the final three-day match of Emerging Players tournament, in Townsville.
The talent is in plenty in this squad and if this machine runs smoothly, a sixth IPL trophy will be at touching distance for Thala and Co.
The sudden retirement of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from Test cricket has raised the question of who will be Virat Kohli's deputy.
There is a definite spring in Ajinkya Rahane's steps after he ended a 17-Test run of not scoring a hundred, a number which has proved to be lucky for him.
While Ajinkya Rahane has been named vice-captain, pacer Navdeep Saini was recalled into the Test squad.
A day after India announced their squad for the all-important tour of South Africa, former spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday questioned Yuzvendra Chahal's selection for the tour, and said that they gave him a "lollypop to suck on."
India's Test cricket captain Virat Kohli has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the nation's biggest sporting honour, by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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.
The team will be announced on Tuesday, September 24.
Sunil Gavaskar has said that number four should not be the permanent spot for MS Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane should bat at that position.
Young opener Ajinkya Rahane is disappointed he didn't capitalise on the chance he got during India's practice match here and feels he could end the trip to Australia watching the action from the sidelines.
India batting great Rahul Dravid says Ajinkya Rahane is more suited to the No. 5 position than No. 3, where he batted in two Tests during the just-concluded series against Sri Lanka.
Yet to get a game in the tournament, Rahane could find himself playing at his home ground in Mumbai if Yuvraj doesn't recover fully in time for the last-four game on March 31.
Kevon Cooper scalped three vital wickets before Ajinkya Rahane scored an unbeaten half century as Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets and inched closer to a play-off berth in the ongoing Pepsi Indian Premier League, in Mohali, on Thursday.
'The boys deserve all the credit for the character they showed, real character.'
Ganesh Chaturthi is here and everyone from Sachin Tendulkar to Ajinkya Rahane and Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to extend their greetings to fans and followers on the auspicious occasion.
Cricket's Peter Pan turns 56.
Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in an unfinfished partnership of 328 runs as Mumbai amassed 366 for 1 on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad.
It was as an opener that Ajinkya Rahane shone in the limited opportunities he got in England but the Mumbai batsman knows he can not afford to be fussy about his batting position in the India team.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels it's time Ajinkya Rahane is given his Test cap, in the fourth and final Test against Australia, beginning in Delhi on Friday.
While the others seemed relaxed, Pujara stood at attention.
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