Ajinkya Rahane said on Friday that he had apologized to Virat Kohli after her horrible confusion with him led the India captain to change the game in the first Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Kohli looked solid before the suicide run of 74 was over on opening day at Adelaide Oval. Realizing there was no race, Rahane decided to give Kohli back, but it was too late.
What followed was an inexplicable batting collapse, as the visitors collapsed to their lowest test score of 36 in their second inning.
“After the end of the game day I went and apologized (to Kohli) but it was fine, it was fine,” Rahane said on the eve of the second test here.
“We both understood that the situation we were in, we were doing fine at the time, but those things happen in cricket, you have to respect that and you have to move on.”
Substitute skipper Rahane admitted that the race gave Australia momentum as they recorded an eight wicket victory in two and a half days.
“It was really tough, we were obviously doing very well at the time, our association was good, and I actually could see that momentum going to Australia after that race,” Rahane said.
Kohli, who has now returned to India for the birth of her first child, had backed Rahane to lead from the front in her absence for the remainder of the four-game series.
“I’ve also said this before that I feel like this is his (Rahane’s) time to really step up and perform strongly as an individual and then as a captain as well,” Kohli had said.
“I think he will do a great job when he comes home so we are on the same page completely and the vision is still just to put in good performances and make sure that we are competing in every game and the idea is to win.” the series, “the hitting master had said.
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