Ajinkya Rahane seems to be in a big mental space. Even a run without many failures from his early Day 3 in the second Test match against Australia did not bring out the worst in Rahane. In fact, his gesture of goading Ravindra Jadeja to go ahead and get a big one before walking to the pavilion so impressed fans that Twitter was flooded with praise from the India’s alternate captain.
Resuming the day at 104, Rahane started well and looked to be in good touch before a run offside cut his innings. Jadeja was hitting at 49 when he defended a Nathan Lyon delivery to the offside. The anxiety of quickly reaching her fifty perhaps forced Jadeja to take off for that single. But in fairness to the southpaw, Rahane, the non-forward, didn’t send him back.
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For most of the race, Rahane seemed in no danger of falling short of her crease. Even Australia’s captain Tim Paine was not confident in releasing bail, but replays showed Rahane’s bat was on the line and he hit 112.
But what happened after that caught the attention of Twitter users. As soon as ‘OUT’ in bold letters appeared on the giant screen, the first thing Rahane did was touch Jadeja and tell her to go ahead and get a big one before beginning her walk back to the pavilion.
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Rahane’s gesture impressed fans and they took to Twitter to express their admiration for Rahane, who is the captain of India, as the regular Virat Kohli has flown back home for the birth of his first child.
This is how Twitter reacted to Rahane’s gesture after the race
Interestingly, Rahane was heavily trolled on various social media platforms after he was involved in the escape of Virat Kohli in the first test in Adelaide, which many believed was the turning point of the test.
In fact, Rahane had revealed that she had apologized to Kohli after the day’s play and that everything was fine.
“It was hard. We were doing very well at the time. After the play for the day, I went up to him and told him I was sorry and that he was fine. Such things happen in cricket, we have to keep going, ”Rahane had said before the start of the Boxing Day test.
India, meanwhile, is in a good position as its lead crossed the hundred mark on Day 3 in the second Test Match.
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