Sourav Ganguly, BCCI president called Indian series-levelling comeback win at Melbourne special as his words resonated with every member of the Indian Test squad and innumerable fans as he was full of praise for stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja besides spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for their impactful performances during the Test.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s late tweet was well worth as he posted a congratulatory message for the Indian cricket team for their series-levelling win at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Sourav Ganguly Tweets By Congratulating India’s Special Win At MCG
Sourav Ganguly, a former captain particularly praised Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin and wished them luck for next two Tests. Ajinkya Rahane is leading run-scorer with 181 runs in 2 Tests averaging 60.33 while Ravichandran Ashwin is leading wicket-taker with 10 wickets averaging 17.7.
A special win at MCG ..india loves playing here ..well done Ajinkya rahane @ajinkyarahane88 ..good people finish first too.. congratulations to all..@imjadeja @ashwinravi99 .best of luck for the next 2 games @bcci
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) December 29, 2020
The part of the tweet where he mentions ‘good people finish first too’ is in reference to India’s stand-in captain calm and composed Ajinkya Rahane, who led from the front with a match-winning knock of 112,which is his 12th Test century. It was his second century in Australia and one that will be among his favourite and most cherished in the heart.
Ajinkya Rahane celebrates with Ravindra Jadeja. BCCIAs for Ravindra Jadeja, the all-rounder picked up three wickets in the match besides scoring a crucial knock of 57, that helped India consolidate by acquiring a first-innings lead of 131. This was Ravindra Jadeja’s 50th Test match for India, which means he is only the third player in the history of Indian cricket after MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli to have featured in 50 or more games in all three formats of the game.
India Wins 4th Test At Melbourne Making The Venue Most Successful Overseas
The win is India’s fourth at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, making the stadium their most successful venue overseas. They’ve won at Melbourne in 1977, 1981, 2018 and now 2020. Under Sourav Ganguly, India had won a famous Test match, in Adelaide in 2003 in which Rahul Dravid had emerged the star with knocks of 233 and 72*.
Ajinkya Rahane has captained India in only three Test matches after leading India in 2 Tests at home and has won all those. He is only the second Indian skipper to win his first three Test matches as captain after MS Dhoni. After the debacle in Adelaide where India registered their lowest ever Test score of 36, India needed to boost their confidence and they did exactly that by winning the match in Melbourne comfortably. The win is more creditable since they didn’t have services of in form talismanic skipper Virat Kohli and pacer wicket-taker Mohammed Shami.