‘India ki laaj rakh li isne’ – Fans react to Ajinkya Rahane’s hard-fought 89 against Australia in WTC final 2023
Ajinkya Rahane (Source: Twitter)
Team India is currently locking horns with Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Southampton’s Kennington Oval, in London. After losing the toss, Australia scored a total of 469 runs, with the help of centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith. India, while chasing a mammoth total amassed by Australia, struggled and lost their top order in the evening session of day two. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Chetesheshwar Pujara got dismissed cheaply and went back to the pavilion.
The Australian bowlers were on the mark from the first over. The Indian batters struggled against them and gave away wickets in ordinary fashion. Two of the Indian batters, Gill and Pujara, got dismissed as they left the ball which was coming straight on the stumps. Ravindra Jadeja scored a crucial 48 runs from 51 balls, which included seven fours and a six in his innings.
Australian bowlers restrict India to 296
After Jadeja, Rahane, along with Shardul Thakur, built up a brilliant partnership of 109 runs before the former was sent back to the dressing room by a stunning catch by Cameron Green on the bowling of Pat Cummins. He scored a total of 89 runs from 129 balls with 11 fours and a six in his innings. Before going back to the pavilion, Thakur also played pivotal innings of 51 runs from 109 balls with nine fours in his innings.
India was bundled out for 296 runs and Australia got a lead of 173 runs. For Australia, the pick of the bowler was Cummins, who snapped three wickets in his spell of 20 overs, where he conceded 83 runs with two maiden overs. Two wickets each were grabbed by Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, and Cameron Green in their respective spells, where they conceded 71 runs, 59 runs, and 44 runs, respectively. One wicket was bagged by veteran off-sinner, Nathan Lyon, who conceded 19 runs in his spell of four overs.
Here’s how fans reacted to Ajinkya Rahane’s innings of 89 runs against Australia in the WTC Final 2023:
— Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) June 9, 2023
top knock, excellent comeback innings.
— Captain (@iEatCricket) June 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/MisterBeeTee/status/1667145652575547395
https://twitter.com/from__mars__/status/1667145932109131776
Ajinkya Rahane 2.o🔥 That's one of the greatest knocks in your career👏 Came in and rescued very well💙Jinks💙🔥 @ajinkyarahane88 💙 pic.twitter.com/6Klig5tXeb
— SaiNath (@SainnathR) June 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/KR4VK18/status/1667145057282011136
— Manoj Peerala (@MPeerala) June 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/RochitSurana/status/1667146255213133825
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