Ajinkya Rahane, India’s stand-in skipper in absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli could be laidback in his body language but he is aggressive with his tactics, said former Indian skipper, opening batsman and commentator Sunil Gavaskar on Sunday.
Ajinkya Rahane led from the front by scoring an unbeaten century at stumps on the second day of the second Test at Melbourne as India has taken a lead of 82 runs having scored 277/5 in 1st innings at stumps on Day 2.

Ajinkya Rahane Is Playing A Captain’s Innings: Sunil Gavaskar
Ajinkya Rahane slammed 12th Test century and second century against Australia at Melbourne. His first century at Melbourne came in 2014.
“Rahane is having a good Test match. He is playing a captain’s innings, applying himself. Everyone has been complimentary about his captaincy, his field placements and bowling changes. I agree with them. He is calm and cool,” said Sunil Gavaskar to ABC Sport.

He became second Indian to hit two Test centuries at Melbourne after Vinoo Mankad. He became 12th Indian captain to score a ton in Australia following the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammed Azharuddin and Virat Kohli.
Ajinkya Rahane Is Little More Laidback And Calm But Is Aggressive In Tactics: Sunil Gavaskar
Comparing Ajinkya Rahane with India’s regular skipper Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar said that the right-handed batsman is quite aggressive in his tactics as captain even though he appears laidback in body language.
“Virat (Kohli) is a lot more passionate and in your face of the opposition. Rahane is little more laidback and is calm. He lacks aggression in his body language but not in his tactics. He is quite aggressive with his tactics as captain. We saw that (aggression in field placings) with the leg-gully, slip and forward short leg (during Australia’s first innings on Saturday),” added Sunil Gavaskar.

The 32-year-old Ajinkya Rahane held the Indian innings together on Sunday scoring a ton and rescuing India from being in dire straits again at 64/3. He shared half-century partnerships with Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja to take India past Australia’s total.
At stumps at the end of 2nd day’s play, he is unbeaten on 104 and is accompanied by Ravindra Jadeja who is unbeaten besides him on 40 as India totalled 277/5 taking a lead of 82 vital runs.