Ajinkya Rahane (104*) leads from the front as India reach 277/5 on Day 2 of 2nd Test vs Australia

[sensible-indian-fan]

WHATTTAYYYY KNOCK RAHANE



This knock will be talked for decades.

Like his Lord's.

But this is EVEN better due to the context.

IPL 100s get forgotten the next day.

ODI 100s too.

But knocks like these will stay with you.

Breaks my heart that test cricket will probably die soon and all we will have is ODIs and T20s.

And even if its alive, the games will be too few that it won't be as much fun.

Need a miracle to save test cricket lol.

 

[Varun]

Rahane's 2nd ton at the MCG.

I remember another one in partnership with Kohli back in 2014.

The test Dhoni retired.

 

[Ab Fan]

The best knock of his career by a country mile.

A knock that he can cherish for long time.

 

[Madplayer]

Looks like India is all set to hammer the Aussies in this match.

Rahane, what a text book player! Could have been a big star had he been in another team which had a dearth of batting talent

 

[JaDed]

Well done Rahane..

 

[shah_1]

Well played India. You deserve to win the series

Quality side

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

If Ind bats for a long time, it may have an impact on how Aus bowls in the next match as well. Jadeja has improved a lot in leaving balls.

I am blown away by Jaddu's batting here.

Dude is so damn solid.

 

[Buffet]

Well played India. You deserve to win the series

Quality side

Winning series? Let them win this test first.

 

[Ab Fan]

Shaw is a 21 year old baby in international cricket just like 23 year old Pant. He will make a comeback. Deserved at least 10 matches before getting dropped for 1 year.

He certainly deserves a run and I guess your argument is fair because you didn't watch IPL this year.

If you would have watched, you would have known how easily pacers were troubling him with the new bowl. Except the first few games when everyone was rusty, he was barely able to survive and would get out in the first few overs against much inferior bowlers to what you see in test cricket.

The situation was such that at one point, he was dropped from his franchise team which has hardly happened with a young home team batsman. He was not in correct mental frame from then only and hence giving him chance at this point was pointless. His time will come and he will be backed then, not now.

 

[MP2011]

Jadeja is looking so comfortable, long may it continue.

 

[volcyz]

Absolute legend Rahane is

The true rock, unbelievable fortitude.

Amazing player

 

[JaDed]

IPL 100s get forgotten the next day.

ODI 100s too.

But knocks like these will stay with you.

Breaks my heart that test cricket will probably die soon and all we will have is ODIs and T20s.

And even if its alive, the games will be too few that it won't be as much fun.

Need a miracle to save test cricket lol.

Socialism can help save test cricket... EU is talking about 4 day work week, Unilever in NZ is experimenting on it..

 

[jnaveen1980]

I still can't believe Rahane produced this master class given the iffy form he has been having for the last 3 years. May be the captaincy brought the best out of him.

 

[shah_1]

Winning series? Let them win this test first.

They are a better team than Australia.

 

[Energy]

Rahane with a cracking century and a captain's knock under pressure.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Dropping Shaw is actually good for him.

This is a mercy drop.

Backing him now would destroy his career.

He needs time out.

 

[MP2011]

Mayank and Pujara are huge concerns though.

 

[JaDed]

Well played India. You deserve to win the series

Quality side

We need only one session to lose a test

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Socialism can help save test cricket... EU is talking about 4 day work week, Unilever in NZ is experimenting on it..

Interesting....Heard about this in the news....

 

[shah_1]

Jadeja will soon be a test cricket legend. Remarkable batting improvement

 

[Ab Fan]

I am blown away by Jaddu's batting here.

Dude is so damn solid.

He is a genuine all-rounder with a beard.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They are a better team than Australia.

No way. Aging players with iffy form. Suspect openers. Loss of captain. Australian bowling unit is so solid. Pat cummins world no.1 bowler.

 

[sindhiboy]

Rahane, test captaincy confirmed.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Well played India. You deserve to win the series

Quality side

Even this test is not yet a guarantee bhai. lol.

 

[szrana007]

Aussie bowling looking toothless

 

[Last Monetarist]

India can potentially get a lead of over 200 here, the Australians are completely demoralized.

 

[Ab Fan]

Dropping Shaw is actually good for him.

This is a mercy drop.

Backing him now would destroy his career.

He needs time out.

Yeah and people want him to be given 10 chances. There is difference in getting exposed to techncial weakness to just struggling with form.

 

[Buffet]

They are a better team than Australia.

Not when missing Kohli, Shami, and Ishant.

 

[dildilpak]

Absolute legend Rahane is

The true rock, unbelievable fortitude.

Amazing player

What a hyperbole! This is his first defining innings after 5 years. He has played well today, yes.. but lets not forget his awful record in the last 5 years

 

[Ab Fan]

Deleted

 

[szrana007]

Even this test is not yet a guarantee bhai. lol.

Relax, you have it in bag

 

[Ab Fan]

Relax, you have it in bag

Is it there in my bag as well? Should I check once?

 

[tyron_woodley]

They are a better team than Australia.

We aren't better. In Australian Condtions toss makes a difference. We are not full strengthm at full strength it's still about equal depending on toss in Australia

India is better in India obviously.

 

[JaDed]

101 partnership this

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Relax, you have it in bag

This is how test matches get lost.

It ain't over until it's over.

 

[Madplayer]

I am blown away by Jaddu's batting here.

Dude is so damn solid.

I know we all make light weight of Jadeja's triple centuries in domestic cricket but no one who scores a triple century at a competitive level should ever be underestimated and Jadeja has two of them iirc.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Socialism can help save test cricket... EU is talking about 4 day work week, Unilever in NZ is experimenting on it..

The BCCI need to find a way to make pink ball tests sustainable in India. That's the way forward for the next decade or two.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Yeah and people want him to be given 10 chances. There is difference in getting exposed to techncial weakness to just struggling with form.

Yeah....

 

[Mesozoic]

Green bowling filth.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Rahane, test captaincy confirmed.

No way. Lolli will kick him out as soon as he is back.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The BCCI need to find a way to make pink ball tests sustainable in India. That's the way forward for the next decade or two.

Dew is messing up the plans I heard.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

No way. Lolli will kick him out as soon as he is back.

Should be fun once Kohli is back lol.

 

[tyron_woodley]

The BCCI need to find a way to make pink ball tests sustainable in India. That's the way forward for the next decade or two.

Australia is better pink ball test team
.ews

 

[jnaveen1980]

Only way if Indian can dream of winning is by batting OZ out of the game. But not possible with this batting. Once this pair is broken, then we have the tail. In no time they will roll them over.

 

[dildilpak]

Why is Australia wasting the new ball with Lyon/ Green?

 

[szrana007]

Is it there in my bag as well? Should I check once?

Check tomorrow, looks like it will be by an innings

 

[JaDed]

Jaddu has just one boundary.. very impressive innings from him..

 

[MP2011]

Rahane dropped again.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They should call the game off. With so much trash flying around it is hard to focus

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

AB Devilliers drops Rahane lol

 

[szrana007]

Jadeja looks in command

 

[MP2011]

Head looks so much like AB De Villiers.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Conditions unsuitable for play by the look of it. So many objects are flying across the ground.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Feel for Travis Head and Starc lol.

Terrible ill-luck.

Super lucky for us haha.

 

[Varun]

OMG what was that??

 

[JaDed]

Catching across test cricket has dropped a lot..

 

[MP2011]

Play stopped.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I don't care about trash.

We shouldn't stop play.

 

[Last Monetarist]

5 catches dropped by the Australians in this innings, none of them particularly difficult.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

That was out. Why is that not a valid catch?? He had in his hands

 

[jnaveen1980]

Feel for Travis Head and Starc lol.

Terrible ill-luck.

Super lucky for us haha.

That was very unrahane like game. Survival time. overly cautious with rain around the corner.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

That was out. Why is that not a valid catch?? He had in his hands

Cos before he recovred, it slipped out.

You can throw the ball away IF you ahve recovered.

 

[JaDed]

That was out. Why is that not a valid catch?? He had in his hands

?? what

 

[szrana007]

Ashwin will tear Aussies apart in the 2nd innings

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

It’s pouring here in western suburbs of Melbourne going towards east where MCG is. No more play me thinks

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was out. Why is that not a valid catch?? He had in his hands

When did you start following cricket?

 

[Varun]

That's probably the close.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

That was very unrahane like game. Survival time. overly cautious with rain around the corner.

I guess.....

Like he switched off his mind

 

[MP2011]

It's stumps. Our day, surely.

 

[JaDed]

Rahane is so weak, my God!!!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I don't care about trash.

We shouldn't stop play.

Oh its stumps.

Ok then cool. lol.

Forgot its near end iof the day.

 

[Mesozoic]

The look on Head's face.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

When did you start following cricket?

Relatively new. 5 years now. Isn’t the point to have ball in hands completely once. Or it should be held through out.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Relatively new. 5 years now. Isn’t the point to have ball in hands completely once. Or it should be held through out.

You have to keep the ball in control. This one was not.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They are a better team than Australia.

Not really. We have outplayed and outsmarted them maybe but the quality of Australia is such that they can destroy us in 1 session as they showed us in the last match.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Rahane needs to watch himself. Wind might blow him away lol.

 

[Hyperion66]

Feel for Travis Head and Starc lol.

Terrible ill-luck.

Super lucky for us haha.

I think we have had more than our fair share of bad lucks in last few years. Need to appreciate every bit of luck coming our way lol.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Not really. We have outplayed and outsmarted them maybe but the quality of Australia is such that they can destroy us in 1 session as they showed us in the last match.

In pink ball. Not red ball. In their Condtions Australia is better if toss is in their favour. Vice versa for India in Australia.

In India, India is well ahead.

I am talking full strength ofcourse. Current team is weaker than Australia without our 3 best players.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rain ruining our momentum. Gotta start all over from tmrw morning

 

[tyron_woodley]

5 catches dropped by the Australians in this innings, none of them particularly difficult.

India dropped 7 in the first test. Australia had all the luck in the world with bewda picking wrong combos and poor selections.

Plus they should have been all-out for 120.

Even in this game we dropped 2 and one run out not given. Plus lbw not given.

So Australia has had far far more luck overall. Don't bring up luck.