Ajinkya Rahane becomes the fifth Indian batsman to score a hundred in both innings at Delhi Test. His partnership with Virat Kohli helped India to get 480 runs lead. India declared the innings after Rahane completes his hundred.
Today morning, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane started with 83 and 52. But, Kohli has trapped lbw on 88 of Kyle Abbott.
But, it was Rahane whose first innings 127 helped India to put 334 runs on the board.
Rahane is the only batsman who has scored a hundred in this series so far. His century double in Delhi, where he made his debut in 2013, made him the fifth Indian batsmen to achieve the feat in the history of Indian cricket.
Before Rahane, captain Kohli was the last man to achieve the record last winter against Australia at Adelaide Oval. Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar and Vijay are the other three batsmen who achieved the feat.
Twitter salutes Rahane for his century double at Feroz Shah Kotla
A champion knows how to overcome his failures. Rahane at Kotla is a story of a champion #Rahane
— Yash Padh (@yashpadh) December 6, 2015
Twin Ton from @ajinkyarahane88 which reminds us the way Rahul Dravid use to play..!! #IndvsSA #Rahane pic.twitter.com/fE8Suj33r5
— Aakash Lalka (@AakashLalka) December 6, 2015
1st Indian player to do two centuries in a test against South Africa #Rahane
— ֆαrkαr (@SarkarTweetz) December 6, 2015
The praise come straight from the man with whom he is compared
WOW!!100 in both the innings & when the team needed the most What an achievement @ajinkyarahane88 Keep it up#IndvsSA @BCCI
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) December 6, 2015
for most mumbai people who don’t quite like delhi on their first trip, it gets a lot better second time round! #Rahane #IndvsSA
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 6, 2015
Another 100 for #Rahane – well deserved century in each innings, followed by a graceful celebration. Class #INDvSA
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) December 6, 2015
Couple of fabulous shots over long-on by #Rahane. This man is real class! #IndvSA
— Hemant (@hemantbuch) December 6, 2015
Consecutive centuries for Ajinkya. And Virat waves his men in. SA need 481 runs to win. India have five sessions to make it 3-0. #IndvsSA
— Shirin Sadikot (@ShirinSadikot) December 6, 2015
Ajinkya Rahane becomes d fifth Indian batsman to score hundred in both innings.Hazare, Gavaskar, Dravid Kohli, and Rahane. #IndvsSA #Rahane
— Sudipta Biswas (@SudptaBiswasdot) December 6, 2015
