Ajinkya Rahane Scored A Century: Team India got into the action with the first warm-up game against Australia, ahead of the much-awaited four-match test series against Australia. The test specialist played their first Test game for the first time since the outbreak of Coronavirus in March.
Ajinkya Rahane, who will be seen leading team India for the Test series in the absence of Virat Kohli, led India A’s fightback in the first of the two practice game. e smashed a brilliant century after team India faced three ducks.
Well, after having lost both the openers, Ajinkya Rahane joined hands with Cheteshwar Pujara and both of them put on an exciting show. While Chesteshwar Pujara was able to add 76 runs in 28 overs, on the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten on 108 runs, taking the score to 237 for 8 when the stumps were drawn on the first day.
Ajinkya Rahane leading from the front! ??
He brings up his hundred as Indians move to 212/7 after 84 overs. pic.twitter.com/Zjn7Lzr8Et
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 6, 2020
After opting to bat first, India started the game to a dismal start with both the openers Shubman Gill and Prithvi Shaw departing for ducks. The team was struggling at 6/2 in the third over itself and the team found themselves in trouble after Hanuman Vihari was also not able to score runs after his watchful start. However, Rahane and Pujara, both the cricketers kept the Aussies at bay after seizing the momentum. Umesh Yadav also played a cameo of quickfire 24.
Meanwhile, social media was flooded with amazing reactions from the netizens on this. From fans to cricket experts and cricketers, everyone took to their social media and hailed the brilliance of India’s test specialist Ajinkya Rahane for his powerful performance.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
The century for @ajinkyarahane88 bodes well. Important that him and @cheteshwar1 got a lot of time in the middle. Keen to see the openers get runs in the 2nd innings.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2020
34th century in first-class cricket for Ajinkya Rahane but his first while playing as a captain. #AUSAvINDA
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 6, 2020
Ajinkya Rahane has begun the tour with a super 100 #IndvsAus
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) December 6, 2020
A century for Ajinkya Rahane, a reminder for Australian fans that India bat a lot deeper than Kohli and Pujara.
— Daniel Cherny ? (@DanielCherny) December 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/YashGawade2002/status/1335482266219233282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1335482266219233282%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crictracker.com%2Ftwitter-reactions-ajinkya-rahanes-unbeaten-century-headlines-indias-first-day-of-warm-up-game-against-australia-a%2F
Hundred for Ajinkya Rahane in the first practice game. What a wonderful knock he’s played, handled James Pattinson really well, really amazing to see him scoring runs. Hopefully the form continues against the main pace attack also in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. pic.twitter.com/KHLthpGJx0
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 6, 2020
Here’s some fun with numbers ….
At this very point – with @ajinkyarahane88 on 107* in the warm-up match against Australia A …
Ajinkya Rahane (at 107* in his 146th FC match): 10988 runs, 34 x 100s
Sunil Gavaskar (after his 146th FC Match): 10988 runs, 32 x 100s— Arun Gopalakrishnan (@statanalyst) December 6, 2020
Classy century from @BCCI test vice captain @ajinkyarahane88 in warmup game..
Expecting same kind of performance in main series too..?#AUSAvINDA— KARTHICK?DD (@KarthickS_31) December 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/Jai_B_D/status/1335481955777798144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1335481955777798144%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crictracker.com%2Ftwitter-reactions-ajinkya-rahanes-unbeaten-century-headlines-indias-first-day-of-warm-up-game-against-australia-a%2F
Top innings and an important one for Ajinkya . Glad , can see the side game .#AUSAvIND
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) December 6, 2020
@ajinkyarahane88 scores a century. @cheteshwar1 played a 140 ball 54, but the most bothering thing is no full time batsman apart from these two could spend time in the middle. Gill and Shaw went for ducks. Too much of work to do for the Indian think tank. #AUSvIND
— Shamak Layeeq (@shamak_layeeq) December 6, 2020
