This could be the most important Ranji Trophy match Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have played in a long time.
Desperate to salvage their Test spot after a series of failures, both India’s veteran batsmen will be under scanner when — in a case of sheer coincidence — they go head-to-head when Mumbai take on defending champions Saurashtra in the what is pretty much a make-or-break Ranji Trophy Group D lung-opener for both the teams at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from Thursday.
