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Mumbai: India Test vice captain Ajinkya Rahane’s father allegedly mowed down a 67-year-old woman in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district following which he was booked by the police. The incident took place around noon yesterday on the highway in Kagal when Madhukarrao Rahane (54) was driving with his family to their hometown in the coastal Konkan region […]

Indore: For any cricketer, an interaction with Sachin Tendulkar on batting is priceless and no wonder Ajinkya Rahane’s confidence was boosted when the maestro dropped in during one of his net sessions in Mumbai recently. Rahane is not a regular in the Indian limited overs set- up and there was some conversation with Tendulkar about how […]

Melbourne: Defiant centuries from Virat Kohli, his third ton in this series, and Ajinkya Rahane helped India fight back to reach 336 for three at tea against Australia on Day 3 of the third cricket Test at the MCG, here today. Resuming the day on 108 for one in response to Australia’s first innings score […]

It has been a breakthrough season for Ajinkya Rahane as 2013-14 has seen him cement his spot in India's Test side but the talented Rajasthan Royals batsman wants to "keep his feet" grounded and says every day is a "learning experience" for him

New Delhi: There has been a lot of talks about Indias No.4 slot, as the team is one stop away from the 2019 World Cup. With all international fixtures done with, only the Indian Premier League (IPL) remains for the team of skipper Virat Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri and the selectors to decide on who […]

Jaipur: As Rajasthan Royals (RR) are set to take on Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Monday, they consider Chris Gayle as a dangerous player and hope to devise new strategies on ground, depending on the play of the rival team. “Rajasthan Royals is […]

Chennai: Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane was on Monday fined Rs 12 lakh as his side maintained a slow over-rate during their narrow loss to the Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk Stadium here. “As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, […]

New Delhi: Placed seventh on the points table in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals have removed Ajinkya Rahane as the captain and handed the armband to former skipper Steve Smith. The team has managed to win just two games of the eight that they have played and the management believes […]

New Delhi: The exclusion of Shubman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane from the India squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against West Indies has surprised former skipper Sourav Ganguly. “There are many in the squad who can play all formats…surprised not to see Shubman Gill…(Ajinkya) Rahane in the one day squad…” He also said that […]

Coolidge (Antigua): India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane scored a much-needed half century ahead of the first Test before the three-day warm-up game against West Indies A ended in a draw on the final day here. Rahane, who has not scored a hundred in more than two years, made 54 off 162 balls before a reverse sweep […]

Indian cricketers posed with their new Test jerseys, the pictures of which were posted by Team India’s official social media account through an Instagram story. The photo shoot was done just before the World Test Championship campaign that begins with the two-Test series against the West Indies, beginning on Thursday in Antigua. Captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Ajinkya […]

North Sound (Antigua): West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and chose to field first against India in the first of the two-match Test series on Thursday. India captain Virat Kohli said they would have batted anyway. “We were batting first anyway, look to put runs on the board and then attack with the […]

North Sound: It seemed the Indian pacers were in a hurry to finish things off as they bundled out the West Indies for a paltry 100 runs in their second innings, setting up a mammoth 318-run victory on the fourth day of the first Test here. Jasprit Bumrah scalped a fifer conceding just seven runs […]

Pune: Ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has continued his rise in the ICC Test Rankings for bowlers after his stupendous show with the ball in the Pune Test against South Africa which India won by an innings and 137 runs. Ashwin, who had entered the top 10 after the first Test in Visakhapatnam, has now moved […]

Ranchi: Rohit Sharma continued his sensational run as a Test opener with his third hundred of the series, allowing India to regain control of the proceedings after a top-order collapse in the third and final game against South Africa here on Saturday. With India reduced to 39 for three, Rohit (117 batting off 164 balls) […]

Ranchi: There was no stopping the Rohit Sharma juggernaut as the ace India opener notched up his maiden Test double hundred in the third and final Test against South Africa here at the JSCA Stadium on Sunday. Rohit finally departed for 212 from 255 balls with the help of 28 fours and six sixes. He […]

Indore: Opener Mayank Agarwal grinded a below-par Bangladesh bowling unit with a career-best second double hundred as India buried the visitors under a deluge of runs on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday. Agarwal’s third Test hundred, 243 off 330 balls, formed the cornerstone of India’s 493 for 6, which gave […]

New Delhi: Having taken over from Ajinkya Rahane mid-season in the last edition of the Indian Premier League, Steve Smith will lead Rajasthan Royals from the start in the 2020 edition of the cash-rich league. Staggering in the bottom half of the table with just two wins from eight games, RR saw a change in […]

Dubai: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Friday remained static at the top of the ICC Test player ranking for batsmen with his deputy Ajinkya Rahane moving up a place to eighth. Kohli has 928 points, 17 more than second-placed Australian run-machine Steve Smith. At sixth place with 791 points, Cheteshwar Pujara was one of three […]

Wellington: Indian batsmen with the exception of Ajinkya Rahane and Mayank Agarwal struggled as they scored 122 for 5 on the rain-curtailed first day of the opening Test against New Zealand here on Friday. Thunderstorm followed by rain in the middle of the tea break washed out the final session. India were 122 for 5 […]