To commence with, Rahane was more watchful that he had ever been but as the day progressed, he went on to play some sumptuous shots and one particular of his day’s most effective was the classic off-drive against Pat Cummins.
Former India batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag had been amongst these who hailed Rahane for his batting.
This is Rahane’s eighth Test ton overseas and this is his 1st hundred as captain of Team India. With this knock, Rahane also became the second Indian batsman to score a century on his 1st match as captain in Australia.
Kohli was the 1st one particular to attain the feat in 2014 when he registered a century in Adelaide. Kohli had gone back dwelling immediately after the 1st Test against Australia immediately after becoming granted paternity leave by the BCCI.
On day one particular of the second Test, India had bundled out Australia for 195 as Jasprit Bumrah scalped 4 wickets although Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets.
(With PTI inputs)