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South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first in the first Test at Newlands in Cape Town. However, the major topic of discussion has been the exclusion of Ajinkya Rahane from the playing XI despite his excellent record in the rainbow nation. Rohit Sharma has been included in the XI instead of the other Mumbai batsman. India has gone into the first Test with five batsman and five bowlers, which means that Hardik Pandya has also been included in the squad.

Ajinkya Rahane
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Rahane’s ouster has come as a surprise for many critics as well as pundits as he has been India’s middle order mainstay on away tours. Rahane has an incredible average of 69.66 in four innings in South Africa. The last time Rahane played against he got scored a century in both the innings of the Test match.

Ajinkya Rahane, India, Virat Kohli, South Africa,
Ajinkya Rahane is seen as the key figure in South Africa. Photo Credit: AFP.

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma averages just 11.25 in four innings in the rainbow nation and has the highest score of 25.

Let’s have a look at how Twitter reacted to Rahane’s exclusion.

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