Ajinkya — someone who you want to see in the dressing room
Ajinkya Rahane and Dhawal Kulkarni (PC: ICC, MCA) Dhawal Kulkarni I will start from our U-19 days when I was selected for the Cooch Behar Trophy for Mumbai and Ajinkya was leading the side. That was my first experience with him as a captain. We won that year. If I recall it right, it was 2006-07. From there we were selected to represent India U-19 that toured New Zealand. After that, we were picked for Mumbai Indians in the first year of the IPL. So Ajinkya, also, was part of Mumbai Indians initially. Ajinkya scored runs and I was the highest wicket-taker for Mumbai in that Cooch Behar Trophy. And next year, he was picked for the Mumbai senior team, and also was part of Mumbai Indians. So both of us — Ajinkya made his debut in 2007 in the Ranji Trophy and I made my white-ball debut for Mumbai in the 2007-08 season. That was a fantastic group, the one we were part of. But after that also, we produced so many cricketers who have shown that (winning) attitude. It’s Mumbai cricket’s l...