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Would have been in air force if not a cricketer: Ajinkya Rahane

Updated on: 04 September,2015 06:30 PM IST  | 
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Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Friday said he would have been an officer with the Indian Air Force if he had not taken up cricket as a career

Would have been in air force if not a cricketer: Ajinkya Rahane

Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Friday said he would have been an officer with the Indian Air Force if he had not taken up cricket as a career.


The willower, speaking to bcci.tv, also took a trip down memory lane and recounted experiences from his days as a junior cricketer.


Ajinkya Rahane


"In a junior cricket game, I got hit on the head by a bouncer. Immediately after that I got five boundaries in a row," he said.

Rahane also said that his favourite cricketers were Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid and added he loved listening to American pop-rock band 'Backstreet Boys'.

The 27-year-old has played in 18 Test matches and 58 One-Day Internationals and has also featured in 13 T20s. He has also amassed 3,331 international runs so far.

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