Ajinkya Rahane: Leading from the front as captain. Cool, calm and knows how to use bowlers.

Rahane showing his captaincy skills in the absence of Virat Kohli. Boy he is smart, aggressive with his changes and knows where to keep fielders for specific players best example is smith dismissal today in 2nd test match 1st day.

A day for the Indian team, Rahane leads from the front by his excellent moves in changing bowling using spinner as first change and keeping the right fielders at the right place.

Talk of the day is Rahane’s captaincy; he is fantastic to get a glimpse of Dhoni in his captaincy. He is very calm but extremely sure with his decision which was shown today. Giving a chance to Ashwin against Smith and setting short backward legside was the perfect move. Smith has a habit of coming to the off stump as he moves a lot in the crease. So his plus point is also becoming the main part of his departure in many innings. Smith can get out if you set him and keep two players nearby him in leg side. We might also see weak eyesight can be a major thing of his downfall in the coming years.

Changing bowlers helped India win the first battle of 2nd test match all thanks to pacers and Ashwin. Outstanding performance by team India and Captain Rahane is leading from the front back making right moves.

Today entire twitter is ga ga over Rahane’s captaincy in place of Kohli. All appreciated his moves on the first day, that’s a good sign for Team India. We need players like Rahane who can help Kohli and Sharma take right decisions at crunch time.