The Indian Test deputy skipper, Ajinkya Rahane cannot stop “dreaming about the historic pink ball test” is scheduled to commence on Friday at the Eden Gardens as he took to Instagram and uploaded a picture to let his feelings about the match. The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, who will be leading the Indian team in the historic pink-ball Test, reacted to his teammate Ajinkya Rahane’s picture by commenting “Nice pose jinksy”.
While Shikhar Dhawan, who is not a part of the Indian Test squad for the Bangladesh series, commented, “sapney mein pic khich gayi”. The pink ball Test will mark India’s first day-night Test at home.
Here are the comments of Kohli and Dhawan:
Rahane played a well-composed knock of 86 runs from 172 deliveries during the first Test at the Holkar Stadium in Indore Test against Bangladesh. His innings was laced with nine boundaries. Rahane, 31, will look to provide stability to the middle order during the pink-ball Test.
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Ajinkya has played as many as 62 Test matches for India and went on to score 4061 runs with the help of 11 centuries and 21 half-centuries. He has registered a high score of 188 runs in the longest format of the game at ab average of 43.67. India registered a comprehensive win over Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs in Indore to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
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India top the World Test Championship (WTC) standings with 300 points. The final Test will be a chance for India to further consolidate its position. New Zealand is second in the standings with 60 points. India has almost booked their seat in the final of the World Test Championship at Lord’s in 2021.
