When Ajinkya Rahane stepped into the Indian Test team, he was seen as someone who could fill the large void left by the legendary Rahul Dravid and so far he has done a commendable job. Just like his illustrious predecessor, Rahane has bailed out the team from difficult situations on several occasions and he did it once again during the third Test against New Zealand at Indore.
Leading the three-match series by 2-0, the Indian team’s hopes of whitewashing the Kiwis took a huge blow when they were reduced to 100 for 3 in the first innings of the Test. But then Rahane along with his captain Virat Kohli stitched together a brilliant partnership to take command of the match. By the end of the first day, they added 167 runs for the fourth wicket with Kohli unbeaten on 103 and Rahane not out on 79.Both the batsmen started the second day impressively and Rahane scored his eighth Test century in only his 29th Test. He completed his century with the help of 11 fours and 1 six.
As expected fans lauded his innings.
Here is Twitter reacted to his century:
https://twitter.com/SRKrider1/status/784980981027442688
https://twitter.com/TheLitttleLiar/status/784980976673906688
#AjinkyaRahane scores his eighth Test century off 210 balls. This is his third ton on home soil. ???#INDVsNZ #Day2
— Ravi Kumar (@ravibihta007) October 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/PuneriPagadi/status/784981829015244800
https://twitter.com/StarSportsOne/status/784981824170815489
https://twitter.com/StarSportsTen/status/784981782869446656
https://twitter.com/BhaktHercules/status/784981765576204289
https://twitter.com/rakesh98989/status/784981726816706560
Very Hard working Hundred for @ajinkyarahane88 … When Going gets tough… Tough gets going….#INDvsNZ @Sportskeeda
— Dip Joshi (@Dip_2311) October 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/StarSportsOne/status/784981665173168128
Wellington.. Lords.. Melbourne.. Colombo.. Delhi*2.. Jamaica.. And now INDORE.. No.8 for Jinks..#StudentOfTheWall #Dravidian #indvsNz
— Dr. Devashish Palkar (@psychidiaries) October 9, 2016
Once again composed & anchored innings from Ajinkya Rahane. He is doing this job well over the last 2 years across d globe?. #IndvNZ #Rahane
— Sivabalan (@ImSbalan) October 9, 2016
Aakash Chopra: Well played, Ajinkya Rahane. Man for all seasons, man for all reasons. Massive respect… https://t.co/K5OAlMaTRj #TweetsNow pic.twitter.com/gQaVDV04jI
— Sports Tweets Now (@SportsTweetsIn) October 9, 2016
Ajinkya Rahane..
Plays T20..
Plays ODI..
Plays Test..
Plays in any position..
Plays in any Condition..The Real asset for the team pic.twitter.com/H3jrNwUNdp
— Amit Sharma (@AmitMit234) October 9, 2016
Delightful Sunday
Kohli on the crease with 100+
Ajinkya Rahane scoring 100
You can't get better than this
Test at it's best #IndvsNZ
— Akash Dubey ?? (@ViratBomB) October 9, 2016
He is cool. He is so disciplined. He talks less. He is a very good fielder/catcher.He bats like Great Rahul Dravid. He is Ajinkya Rahane !
— zoy_pal (@zoy_pal) October 9, 2016