Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian international cricket player. He plays mostly as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the cricket game. He was also the vice-captain of the India national cricket team in Tests until the home series against New Zealand in 2021 after which he was sacked. He represents Mumbai in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in Indian Premier League.
Ajinkya Rahane was bought by Rajasthan Royals in the year of 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL). Earlier, he was in the Mumbai Indians team, but he got limited opportunities. And then, he caught by the eye of Rajasthan Royals’ Shane Watson, who had been watching him score an 80-ball hundred in a session in the second innings of a three-day game against Australia A in 2010. Having bought him from the Mumbai Indians, Rahul Dravid and Watson got Rahane to open the innings.
