Veteran India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane picked Rohit Sharma as his best friend in the Indian cricket team. Rahane is one of the most highly rated Indian cricketers and he is well-respected as well. He has been part of the Indian dressing-room for more than a decade. Revealing that Virat Kohli shares funny memes in the WhatsApp group, Rahane did not pick him as his best friend. 

“ Virat Kohli shares funny memes in chat groups and cracking jokes the most in the Indian Team,” Rahane said. 

‘I enjoyed batting with Virat Kohli a lot’

“I enjoyed batting with Virat Kohli a lot. We appreciate each other and complement each other during the batting. He made some great partnerships for India. I enjoyed batting with him. My favourite partnership with Virat Kohli was a 260 odd runs partnership in Australia in the 2014 Test series,” Rahane added. 

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Rahane admitted that Rohit is his best friend on Curly Tales. 

He also went onto pick MS Dhoni as his favourite captain.

Rahane Hails Dhoni

” MS Dhoni ‘s contribution to Indian cricket, the way he lead the team – the way he backed the players, giving the freedom, he was my first Captain – very simple, one of my favourite captain”,” Rahane said. 

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What’s Rahane Upto?

The 36-year-old is currently playing in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 for Mumbai. He last played for India during the West Indies Test series in 2023, so it has been more than a season that he has not played for the national side. With another Australia tour approaching, fans were demanding for his return to the Indian team as he led the team to a historic 2-1 series win down under in 2020-21. That did not happen as the BCCI announced the BGT squad last week.