Ajinkya Rahane — The eternal crisis-man with a penchant for the big stage

When the mood seized him, which wasn’t too often but not rare as hen’s teeth either, Rahane cut a dashing picture at the crease, powerful off the backfoot and felicitous off the front. Lord’s and the MCG seemed to bring the best out of him, maybe because he is a strong student of history and knows the prestige attached