Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

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Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who is the

vice-captain of the Indian Testteam. He is a right-handed batsman with a reputation of being a

"Test-match specialist."[1][2]

Rahane made his first-class debut in 200708 season and averaged an impressive 62.04 after

100 innings. Rahane scored over 1000 runs three times in his first five seasons. He made his

international debut in a Twenty20 International against England at Manchester in August

2011.[3][4] With batsman Shikhar Dhawan injuring his fingers, Rahane made his Test debut in the

March 2013 BorderGavaskar Trophy. Rahane's first Test century came at Basin

Reserve, Wellington against New Zealand.[5] He had captained the team in fourth Test against

Australia in 2017 and lead the team to victory as the regular skipper Virat Kohli had missed the

fourth Test due to a shoulder injury.

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