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Mayank Agarwal had replaced KL Rahul in the Indian team for the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia.
KL Rahul may have been dropped for the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia, but the opener has been positive and has been spreading his love for his Karnataka teammate, Mayank Agarwal's success. Rahul was replaced by Agarwal from the playing XI for the third Test of the four-match series.
The debutant opener made the most of the opportunity by scoring a half-century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday. India had won and opted to bat. On Day 1 Agarwal stitched a solid 40-run stand with makeshift opener Hanuma Vihari.
In the 19th over, Pat Cummins took Vihari’s wicket while Agarwal carried on and scored 76 runs from 161 balls before falling to the right-arm pacer.
Seeing how Agarwal had performed for his debut match, Rahul told bbci.tv, “He [Agarwal] is the most hardworking person I have seen in the dressing room, growing up. He is one of my inspiration in the dressing room when we used to play together. I used to see him, hitting the gym, hitting the nets or doing the running... he is an absolute beast. I used to look at him and ask him 'can we train together?'".
Seeing my Best Friend getting his cap and debuting for the Country makes me so Happy and Proud today.
Upwards and Onwards my brother, you’re just getting started Monkus. @mayankcricket
#295 pic.twitter.com/r9n61VRewB— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) December 26, 2018
Agarwal who enjoyed this success insisted that he wants to be the most hard-working person in the Indian dressing room. The 27-year-old had scored 1160 runs in 9 matches in the 2017-18 Ranji Trophy season and followed it up with 723 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy the same year.
"I want to be the most hardworking player in the [dressing] room. That's the least I can do for myself. I am happy to start off my Test career like this," Agarwal said.
"It's been a good start [to my Test career]. Hopefully, a long way to go," he added.
Agarwal, who had an ordinary Indian Premier League (IPL) season with Kings XI Punjab, made a good run for India A in England and New Zealand earlier this year.
He also said, "When I walked into the ground for the pre-match routine, I looked all around. It seemed big. I went through a lot of emotions. I would be lying to say that I wasn't nervous at all. The first couple of overs were like 'wow'.
"The quality of bowling was very good. They play their cricket hard. They hit hard lengths, they kept testing you, kept bowling good balls. the intensity at which they played was something that I have never played before. As a person, I want to be in those challenges and go out and give my best."
'Open'ing up with @klrahul11 & @mayankcricket
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 26, 2018
Openers, teammates, best buddies on & off the field - KL Rahul interviews Mayank Agarwal to reveal some unknown gems about the debutant - by @28anand
https://t.co/OMtBq9NzQ5 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/crvqzoVwbK
He also thanked his wife Aashita Sood and family for their consistent support. "She has been great. Being with her has been very nice for me. Somebody to look forward to, at the end of the day you have someone to go back to. She is always there for me. She always tells me to put my game above anything else. I want to thank her. I want to thank my family also. They have been a great support as well."
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