Rahane's dream to play cricket for the country came true in India's tour to England in 2011. He scored half century in five ODI innings. He was later included in the batting line-up in the series ahead

The prolific batter's highest Test score of 188 came against New Zealand at Holkar Stadium, Indore in October 2016

Rahane made his first-class debut in 2007–08 Ranji Trophy season for Mumbai. He made his T20I and ODI debut in 2011 against England

He has played 82 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is for India, scoring 8,268 runs across all formats of the game so far

Ajinkya has been dropped from the Indian squad following a long-stretched lean patch

Under his captaincy, India won the 2020-21 Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Australia