AM Rahane

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane (born 6 June 1988) is a former Indian professional cricketer and also captained the India national cricket team in all three formats. He formerly played for and captained Mumbai in domestic cricket. He played primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game. India lost only one match under his captaincy. Rahane made his first-class debut in 2007–08 Ranji Trophy season for Mumbai. He made his international debut in a Twenty20 International against England at Manchester in August 2011 and his Test debut in March 2013 against Australia. His first Test century came at the Basin Reserve, Wellington against New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2020-21 Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. On 30 July 2026, Rahane announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket.