Rahane thinks differently then Kohli as the caption says Ravi Shastri Indian cricket team coach.
Key sentence:
- The remarkable captaincy, and class batting of Ajinkya Rahane, gave lead to comparisons between him and daily captain Virat Kohli.
- In terms of losing Umesh, there was still a soothing power out there,” Shastri says.
- The first innings century of Rahane was also dubbed by Shastri as the ‘turning stage of the test match.’
The remarkable captaincy, as well as class batting of Ajinkya Rahane, gave lead to comparisons between him and daily captain Virat Kohli. After losing the loss, Rahane’s tactical genius helped India bowl Australia dismissed for 195, and then he slammed a brilliant 112 as India grabbed an invaluable 131-run lead in the first innings.
Indian team coach Ravi Shastri was also asked to focus on the captaincy of Rahane after India beat Australia by eight wickets in order to level the 1-1 series.
As Ravi Shastri about Rahane’s captainship:
Shastri said Rahane was a shrewd captain as well as the debutants Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj helped with his cool composure.
He’s a very shrewd king, and he’s a good game reader. I felt the debutants, as well as the bowlers, helped with his cool composure out there. In terms of losing Umesh, there was still a soothing power out there,” Shastri says.
Ravi Shastri on the difference between Virat and Rahane’s Captain ship:
Shastri was also questioned about the disparity in captaincy style of Rahane and Kohli, who is actually on paternity leave.
Look, both of them are good readers of the game, Virat is very enthusiastic, Ajinkya is very calm as well as composed on the other side, and they’re their characters.
“Virat is more in your face, whereas Ajinkya is quite ready to sit back in a very calm and composed way, but he understands what he needs deep inside,” he said.
Rahane’s batting was the turning part of the Match Shastri during the press conference:
The first innings century of Rahane was also dubbed by Shastri as the ‘turning stage of the test match.’
When he (Rahane) stepped out to bat, we were two down for 60, and then to bat for 6 hours, possibly the hardest day to bat, since it was cloudy all day and that he was batting for six hours, an amazing focus.
“That was the turning stage, I thought. The turning point was his innings,” he continued during the virtual press conference post-match.
The first innings of Rahane’s knock appeared in 223 balls as well as he struck 12 fours during it. For his innings, the stand-in skipper also was assessed as the Player of the Match. The third test of this series starts on 7 January.
