Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is celebrating his 33rd birthday today. He is currently in Southampton with Team India and is preparing for the World Test Championship final. Indian captain Virat Kohli and former cricketer Wasim Jaffer have also extended their best wishes. Team India will play the WTC final against New Zealand from June 18.
Virat shared a picture with Rahane on social media. In its caption, he wrote – May you get happiness and success. There are many more memorable partnerships left with you. At the same time, Wasim shared a picture of the century scored during the 2014 Test series and wrote – Expect more similar poses from you. good luck.
Rahane's wife Radhika Dhopavkar also shared a photo and wrote – A boy whom I used to love very much and a person whom I still love very much. Happy Birthday. ICC and BCCI also wished Rahane on his birthday. BCCI wrote – Happy Birthday to Rahane, who took 7920 runs in 183 international matches and the most Test catches. Along with this, the board also shared a video of Rahane's centuries against South Africa.
ICC wrote – Rahane played an important role in the victory of Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in 2020/21. At the same time, Cricket Australia also remembered this series and gave a good message to Rahane. He wrote – When Rahane played a great innings in Melbourne. His century in the Boxing Day Test will always be remembered. Rahane played a brilliant innings of 112 runs in this test.
This Mumbai cricketer has a great record in Test and First Class cricket. Rahane has scored 11,448 runs in first-class cricket for Mumbai with the help of 35 centuries in 155 matches. Rahane made his ODI and T20 debut in 2011. However, in the longer format, he found a place in the team in 2013 after veterans like Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman retired.
Rahane's batting record is better on more foreign pitches than India. He has scored 1605 runs in 48 innings in India at an average of 36.48. While on foreign pitches, Rahane has scored 2978 runs in 75 innings at an average of 44.45. Interestingly, Rahane has scored 8 out of 12 centuries in his Test career on foreign soil. Rahane plays more smoothly on pitches with bounce and swing.
At one point Rahane was also called the successor of the great batsman Rahul Dravid, but in the last few years, Rahane's performance declined significantly. Rahane has scored only 4 centuries in the last 41 Tests. However, his performance under the captaincy has been excellent. Rahane has captained in 5 Test matches so far. Out of this, India won in 4. While one match ended in a draw. In the same year, under Rahane's captaincy, India defeated Australia 2-1 at his home.
