The Indian cricketers were in a celebratory mood after the team’s commanding win over Australia in the Boxing Day Test on Tuesday. However, the veteran spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin said losing regular skipper Virat Kohli was not easy for the team, but stand-in captain, Ajinkya Rahane took the challenge head-on and led from the front. On Tuesday, India registered a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Australia in the Boxing Day Test.
Rahane’s 12th Test century and Ravindra Jadeja’s well-made half-century had given India firm control in the second Test. Talking about the same in a video uploaded by the BCCI, Ravichandran Ashwin said, “The best thing that we did was just walk away from that game — in Adelaide — and we said that it was just one of those unfortunate days and the batting unit definitely did take responsibility for it. Most importantly, losing Virat was not easy but the discussion we had around it.”
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He further added, “Jinks was very, very calm and balanced which gave many of us the launch-pad to go out there and express ourselves after that defeat. Many of us have played for a while now and we have had some special wins but if I had to pick one that would be extremely special is this one for a lot of reasons. This team minus Virat, the batting giant that India had over the last decade or so, and Jinks stood up and that is one of the finest cricketing knocks I have seen.”
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Cheteshwar Pujara also termed it a special win, adding that it goes into his list of top five victories that he has been a part of. On the other hand, the all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja said he wants the team to keep the momentum going.
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Jadeja elaborated, “This is going to be a special victory for us as a team because we were one down. In the first game, we lost badly. So, I think we came with a good spirit and attitude and as a team, we played very good cricket. Everyone is looking in good form, batsmen are scoring runs, bowlers are taking wickets. Hopefully, we continue the same momentum and hopefully, win the next game.”
With this victory, the visitors have leveled the four-match Test series 1-1. Moreover, the win also ensured India moved a step closer to the final of the World Test Championship.
