Ajinkya Rahane Picks His Two Favourite Knocks

With the entire world locked up due to the global contagion coronavirus (COVID-19), cricket, like the other sports, has been put on the backburner. So, with a plethora of free time on their hands, cricketers are resorting to a plethora of different activities to keep themselves engaged.

While Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is busy making Tik Tok videos with his family, the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Shreyas Iyer, Smriti Mandhana are utilizing this time to interact with their fans via Question-Answer session on Twitter. The latest to join the bandwagon is Indian vice-captain in Test cricket Ajinkya Rahane.

Rahane engaged with his fans on Twitter where he answered a whole host of questions. One of the fans asked Rahane about his favorite innings in International cricket. And, the Indian vice-captain was quick to point out the hundred that he scored in India’s historic win at the Mecca of Cricket Lord’s back in 2014 and his whirlwind 60-ball 79 against the South Africans in the group-stage fixture of the 2015 World Cup as his most favorite knocks.

“103 at Lord’s and 79 at MCG (World Cup 2015),” replied Ajinkya Rahane when asked about his most favorite innings in his career thus far.

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Ajinkya Rahane picks his favorite knocks

Almost every cricket fan will echo Rahane’s claims as those two innings by the Mumbaikar was a reflection of Jinx at the height of his powers as a batsman. The Lord’s hundred in 2014 is special for a variety of reasons.

On a green mamba at the Home of Cricket, India was expected to get massacred by the likes of James Anderson and co. And, at 7-145, the expectations were threatening to turn into reality before Rahane, along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned the tables on the home side. The 90-run-stand helped India post a challenging total of 295 in the first innings, following which the Men in Blue went on to beat England by 95 runs to notch up their first win at Lord’s in 28 years.

If his 154-ball 103 was an epitome of tenacity, resilience, character, and technique, his whirlwind 79 off 60 balls against Steyn and co in the 2015 World Cup was another vindication that he is no mug with the bat in white-ball cricket and can switch gears with disdain, if and when needed.

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103 at Lord’s and 79 at MCG (World Cup 2015) https://t.co/60jTuUz4rr

— Ajinkya Rahane (@ajinkyarahane88) April 7, 2020