Playing on the power-packed side of the draw that includes former U. Rahane is not a limited-overs misfit, which his IPL record – 111 matches, 3,057 runs at a strike-rate of 120. But he too suffered the same fate as his predecessors. never begun a game for his country in a major tournament, but he set his home stadium alight with a formidable display as Spain grabbed Group G by the scruff of the neck. After Marco Asensio was fouled outside the area in the 13th minute, Isco fired a well-placed shot over the Italian wall and past the outstretched arms of Buffon. With chief selector MSK Prasad confirming a middle-order role for KL Rahul before the series, Rahane becomes Dhawan’s shoo-in. Veteran striker David Villa came off the bench to replace Isco, making his return to the Spanish national team three years after his last match at the 2014 World Cup. Dutchman Roelant Oltmans, who was formally shown the door on Saturday — becoming the seventh foreign. the first time since 1989, when Paul Caligiuri’s goal at Trinidad lifted the U. Federer improved to 13-0 against Lopez and 33-1 in night matches at Flushing Meadows.