Ajinkya Rahane completed a valiant century to enhance India’s advantage at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday’s ongoing Boxing Day test.
Ajinkya Rahane, India’s stand-in skipper in the absence of Virat Kohli, broke his 12th-century boxing day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Rahane came in on the 22nd as Pat Cummins was in the middle of a fiery spell, where he bowed nine overs on the trot. The Indian captain weathered the storm and struck hard to carry visitors past Australia’s first inning score of 195 and in a comfortable position in the second four-game test. Rahane hit 11 borders on the way to his 195th-century ball.
He said the innings initially after India lost Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara in a fast succession.
Rahane added 52 runs to Hanuma Vihari for the fourth wicket. Nathan Lyon broke the relationship by dropping Vihari for 21.
Rishabh Pant then joined the skipper in the middle of the race, and the race began to travel rapidly to India. Ant scored 29 will run off 40 deliveries with the aid of three borders before it will be denied by Mitchell Starc.
Rahane then stitched a 100-plus partnership with Ravindra Jadeja to take India’s lead in the past 50 years.
For Australia, both Starc and Cummins picked up two wickets each, though Lyon also chipped in with a wicket. But Adelaide’s star, Josh Hazlewood, stayed wicketless in the ongoing second test.
