Ajinkya Rahane

“Rahane then revealed that the match referee, Vengalil Narayanan Kutty, had already prepared a four-match ban letter for Jaiswal.”

“He came up to me and said, ‘This is the letter, but because you did this, I’m tearing it up.’ He tore the letter in front of me…”

“I had to wait 20 games for my Test debut, and I was there as a 12th man for two years.”

“scored 5,077 runs in 85 Tests at an average of 38.46, including 12 centuries and 26 half-centuries.”

“including 12 centuries and 26 half-centuries.”

“He also played 90 ODIs, scoring 2962 runs at an average of 35.26, including 3 hundreds and 24 fifties.”

“including 3 hundreds and 24 fifties.”

“He also featured in 20 T20Is for India.”

“Rahane, who recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket”

“led an injury-hit Indian side to a memorable 2-1 series victory.”

“Cap number 278, signing off.”

“Since the time I made my debut as a First-Class cricketer, Indian cricket has grown tremendously and I feel so proud to have been a part of over the last 20 years.”