Ajinkya Rahane
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Ajinkya Rahane is an India
n international cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman, who represents India in international competitions. In local competitions Ajinkya represents Mumbai
& Mumbai Indians
. He is one of the only 11 players to have scored more than 1000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy
season.
Ajinkya Rahane is an exciting top order batsman who bats at No. 3, and was a crucial factor in Mumbai's 38th title win. He progressed through the Mumbai ranks and has also been a part of the Indian U-19 team and the India 'A'. Ajinkya Rahane has also turned out for India Blue & Green in the Challenger Series
, and West Zone
in the Duleep Trophy
. His wonderful Ranji season followed an impressive showing in the 2007-08 Duleep Trophy, where he scored 172 against an England Lions attack comprising Graham Onions
, Monty Panesar
, Steve Kirby
and Liam Plunkett
.
He is an aggressive & consistent batsman, in the mould of Ricky Ponting, he is being considered as one of the candidates likely to replace Rahul Dravid
, once the 'Wall' Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket.
He continued to impress in domestic cricket, scoring three hundreds each in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons of the Ranji Trophy. As of 27 December 2010, he averaged a high 69.01 in first-class cricket, which currently places him in the top 4 batsman in the world with the highest first class batting averages. Two centuries in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia brought him a place in the India ODI squad for the tour of England in 2011.
He made his debut on 31/8/11 and made 61 runs against England in his debut.
Early Career
During a local tournament the Coach of S.V Joshi High School,Dombivli Mr.Vasant Dhanipkar was not at all impressed. He asked him to join him at S.V Joshi High School where he can avail better facilities and get a much better platform to launch his Cricketing career.Ajinkya started playing for S.V Joshi High School and guided his school to a historic 3 time consecutive victory at Amar Paladhe Memorial Trophy contested between schools of Dombivli and Kalyan.Rahane on the basis of this performance was selected at MCA(Mumbai Cricket Association) coaching academy.Initially he struggled to get a place in the Under-16 Mumbai team due to the presence of a few big names in the team.It is heard that Rahane's father requested the Coach of Mumbai team to give his son one opportunity to prove himself and his prayers were answered.Ajinkya played his first U-16 Ranji match and scored a match saving century and guiding Mumbai team to a respectable draw.Since then he has not looked back and went on to make a mark in the India Under-19 team and later in IPL(Indian Premier League
) as well.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n international cricket
International Cricket
International Cricket is a cricket video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was only released in Australia in 1992. Developed by Melbourne-based Beam Software, it was the only cricket game released for the NES. There were no attempts to release a cricket video game to the North...
er. He is a right-handed batsman, who represents India in international competitions. In local competitions Ajinkya represents Mumbai
Mumbai cricket team
The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy, India's top domestic cricket competition, with 39 titles, the most recent being in 2009–10. The team's home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in...
& Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...
. He is one of the only 11 players to have scored more than 1000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
season.
Ajinkya Rahane is an exciting top order batsman who bats at No. 3, and was a crucial factor in Mumbai's 38th title win. He progressed through the Mumbai ranks and has also been a part of the Indian U-19 team and the India 'A'. Ajinkya Rahane has also turned out for India Blue & Green in the Challenger Series
NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
Challenger series is played with the purpose of show-casing the talent that the country has, as well as providing opportunities to younger players to make an impression...
, and West Zone
West Zone cricket team
The West Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents western India in the Duleep Trophy. It is a composite team of players from five first-class Indian teams from western India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Baroda, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai and Saurashtra...
in the Duleep Trophy
Duleep Trophy
The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji .-History:...
. His wonderful Ranji season followed an impressive showing in the 2007-08 Duleep Trophy, where he scored 172 against an England Lions attack comprising Graham Onions
Graham Onions
Graham Onions is an English cricketer. He plays for Durham and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket, and following success in the series, was...
, Monty Panesar
Monty Panesar
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, known as Monty Panesar , is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. A left-arm spinner, Panesar played Test and one-day cricket for England until 2009. In English county cricket he played for Northamptonshire until 2009...
, Steve Kirby
Steven Kirby
Steven Paul Kirby is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset and England A....
and Liam Plunkett
Liam Plunkett
Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer, who plays for Durham and England. In the 2005 season he was Durham's leading first-class wicket-taker, with 51 wickets at a bowling average of 30.84, including eight for 88 in his first game of the season against Leicestershire.-Test cricket:Plunkett...
.
He is an aggressive & consistent batsman, in the mould of Ricky Ponting, he is being considered as one of the candidates likely to replace Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers...
, once the 'Wall' Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket.
He continued to impress in domestic cricket, scoring three hundreds each in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons of the Ranji Trophy. As of 27 December 2010, he averaged a high 69.01 in first-class cricket, which currently places him in the top 4 batsman in the world with the highest first class batting averages. Two centuries in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia brought him a place in the India ODI squad for the tour of England in 2011.
He made his debut on 31/8/11 and made 61 runs against England in his debut.
Early Career
During a local tournament the Coach of S.V Joshi High School,Dombivli Mr.Vasant Dhanipkar was not at all impressed. He asked him to join him at S.V Joshi High School where he can avail better facilities and get a much better platform to launch his Cricketing career.Ajinkya started playing for S.V Joshi High School and guided his school to a historic 3 time consecutive victory at Amar Paladhe Memorial Trophy contested between schools of Dombivli and Kalyan.Rahane on the basis of this performance was selected at MCA(Mumbai Cricket Association) coaching academy.Initially he struggled to get a place in the Under-16 Mumbai team due to the presence of a few big names in the team.It is heard that Rahane's father requested the Coach of Mumbai team to give his son one opportunity to prove himself and his prayers were answered.Ajinkya played his first U-16 Ranji match and scored a match saving century and guiding Mumbai team to a respectable draw.Since then he has not looked back and went on to make a mark in the India Under-19 team and later in IPL(Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
) as well.