Honeymoon's over, back to the pavilion for Ajinkya Rahane

WH Davies wanted to stand and stare. Cricket doesn't. Barely a week after the World Cup, it is time for the IPL.

On Monday at the Cricket Club of India (CCI), Steve Smith, Shane Watson, James Faulkner and our own Ajinkya Rahane got down to practice with their Rajasthan Royals colleagues.

But the players did get a sniff at a holiday. And 26-year-old Rahane, still in the honeymoon phase of his marriage with wife Radhika last September, made the most of it.

When a journalist asked ‘Jinks' what he did to recoup mentally and physically from the World Cup, he replied, "I am happy with the little break I got . I was with my family. I just got married, so spent time with my wife. Training started only a day back and now, the focus is on Rajasthan Royals.".