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Ajinkya Rahane has batted brilliantly overseas

Once regarded as the Mr Dependable of Indian Test team - the epitome of calmness, Ajinkya Rahane has on many occasions bailed India out of tough situations, especially on overseas tours. Although Rahane has been out of form for quite sometime now, the dogged middle-order batsman has played many innings of substance in his career.

Rahane had meticulously built his game against seam bowling piece by piece under the guidance of his coach Praveen Amre to tackle the seam-friendly conditions overseas. Hard work paid off and Rahane scored in the entire 2013-14 away season with metronomic consistency.

Along with Murali Vijay, he was the only batsman who stood firm against fiery bowling units on green top pitches of South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and England.

Rahane's gritty knock of 103 in the 2014 Lord's Test was instrumental in guiding India to a victory at the venue after 28 long years.

Lord's Test 2014: India was batting first and wickets kept tumbling as Rahane stood strong at the other end. India was in all sorts of trouble at the score of 145/7.

It was at this time when Rahane along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, pushed India's total to a respectable 295. England secured a small first-innings lead of 24. In reply, India scored 342 in their second innings with Vijay, Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar scoring valuable half centuries.

Chasing 318 in the final innings, the hosts lost match by 95 runs. Ishant Sharma wrecked havoc on the hosts by claiming figures of 7/74. His short ball strategy destroyed the English batting lineup.