Statistical analysis of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career so far

Ajinkya Rahane is one of India’s best batsmen, across all three formats. Rahane was initially treated as a Test match specialist, but he worked hard on his game and enhanced his skills to suit the requirements of all three formats of the game. As of today, Rahane is the vice-captain of India’s Test squad and a crucial member of India’s batting order in limited overs cricket. In this post, Umang Pabari takes a statistical look at Ajinkya Rahane’s international career so far:

Career summary:

Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	Ducks	4s	6s
107	123	7	4076	5866	147	35.13	69.48	8	23	11	434	62

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – format wise:

Format	M	Inn	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	22	40	4	1619	2917	147	44.97	55.50	6	7	3	198	12
ODI	67	65	2	2093	2629	111	33.22	79.61	2	15	6	205	24
T20	18	18	1	364	320	61	21.41	113.75	0	1	2	31	6

Ajinkya Rahane has a better average in Test format as compared to ODIs and T20Is.

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – against each country:

Country	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Afghanistan	1	1	0	56	66	56	56.00	84.84	0	1	0	5	0
Australia	13	17	2	651	946	147	43.40	68.81	1	4	1	71	2
Bangladesh	7	7	0	266	337	98	38.00	78.93	0	3	1	28	3
England	29	34	1	1079	1528	106	32.69	70.61	2	6	5	111	14
Ireland	1	1	1	33	28	33*	–	117.85	0	0	0	6	0
New Zealand	7	8	0	213	336	118	26.62	63.39	1	0	0	26	1
Pakistan	6	6	0	97	120	42	16.16	80.83	0	0	2	13	1
South Africa	14	18	2	841	1328	127	52.56	63.32	2	6	0	85	17
Sri Lanka	15	18	1	464	699	126	27.29	66.38	2	0	1	50	3
U.A.E.	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
West Indies	6	6	0	158	199	68	26.33	79.39	0	1	1	16	0
Zimbabwe	7	7	0	218	279	63	31.14	78.13	0	2	0	23	1

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – in each country:

Country	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Australia	18	20	2	842	1179	147	46.77	71.41	1	6	2	82	7
Bangladesh	13	13	0	402	498	98	30.92	80.72	0	4	2	40	4
England	16	21	1	718	1033	106	35.90	69.50	2	4	3	87	9
India	37	40	2	1225	1647	127	32.23	74.37	3	5	3	121	17
New Zealand	9	10	1	265	388	118	29.44	68.29	1	0	0	35	1
South Africa	3	5	1	217	459	96	54.25	47.27	0	2	0	30	2
Sri Lanka	5	8	0	208	407	126	26.00	51.10	1	0	1	19	1
Zimbabwe	6	6	0	199	255	63	33.16	78.03	0	2	0	20	1

Ajinkya Rahane has scored more than 1000 runs in Australia and India in his short international career. Rahane has performed his best in Australia and South Africa, which is a big boost for any sub-continent batsman.

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – as per home/away/neutral venues:

	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Home	37	40	2	1225	1647	127	32.23	74.37	3	5	3	121	17
Away	54	68	4	2426	3696	147	37.90	65.63	5	15	6	277	19
Neutral	16	15	1	425	523	79	30.35	81.26	0	3	2	36	6

Ajinkya Rahane has a better average in away matches as compared to home games. Dravid-esque?

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – yearwise:

Year	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
2011	13	13	0	401	495	91	30.84	81.01	0	3	3	41	3
2012	6	6	0	122	117	42	20.33	104.27	0	0	0	10	4
2013	9	12	1	330	635	96	30.00	51.96	0	3	1	42	3
2014	38	47	1	1639	2351	147	35.63	69.71	5	8	4	195	14
2015	32	37	4	1352	2045	127	40.96	66.11	3	7	2	129	16
2016	9	8	1	232	223	89	33.14	104.03	0	2	1	17	2

Ajinkya Rahane has scored more than 1000 runs in two consecutive calendar years – 2014 (1639 runs) and 2015 (1352 runs).

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – under different captains:

Captain	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
MS Dhoni	78	87	5	2801	3903	147	34.15	71.76	4	16	7	299	28
Gautam Gambhir	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Virat Kohli	20	27	2	1059	1684	127	42.36	62.88	4	5	2	114	12
Ajinkya Rahane	5	5	0	149	189	63	29.80	78.83	0	1	0	16	0
Suresh Raina	3	3	0	67	89	64	22.33	75.28	0	1	1	5	2

Ajinkya Rahane has performed his best under the leadership of Virat Kohli.

Distribution of Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs – as per match result-wise:

	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Won	53	59	3	1989	2737	127	35.51	72.67	6	9	5	199	28
Lost	42	49	2	1395	2008	96	29.68	69.47	0	13	6	140	12
Tied	2	2	0	41	67	38	20.50	61.19	0	0	0	5	1
Drawn	7	10	1	580	942	147	64.44	61.57	2	1	0	82	1
No result	3	3	1	71	112	40	35.50	63.39	0	0	0	8	0

Ajinkya Rahane has a better average in matches that India have either won or drawn, as compared to defeats.

Ajinkya Rahane’s international career runs in major tournaments:

	M	I	NO	R	BF	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
World Cup	8	7	1	208	252	79	34.66	82.53	0	1	1	21	3
Asia Cup	5	5	0	174	227	73	34.80	76.65	0	2	1	16	1
World T20	4	4	0	94	89	40	23.50	105.61	0	0	0	6	1
Border-Gavaskar	5	10	1	407	652	147	45.22	62.42	1	2	1	53	0

Note: Stats updated till 07-06-2016

By Umang Pabari

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