Ajinkya Rahane was confident even throughout the time of not getting a hundred

Indian middle order batsman, Ajinkya Rahane revealed that he was confident about himself and his form even though he was not getting a three figure score for the past 18 innings (10 Test match). The right handed batsman scored yet another Test hundred on foreign soil yesterday against Sri Lanka in the Second Test Match at Colombo.

The fact that Rahane was not getting a Test ton in spite of getting starts regularly started to create murmurs around the cricketing fraternity. However, he answered his critics perfectly with a century on a spin friendly track, which he later termed as one of the best knocks under turning conditions.

“It was an important hundred but I was confident. Even throughout that time not getting a hundred for 9-10 Tests, I was confident about myself. I knew that if I get in, I will get a big one. It was all about thinking positively even throughout that period.” commented Ajinkya Rahane according to TOI. ” Going back more than a couple of years ago, Rahane recalled his partnership with Virat Kohli at Melbourne and drew a comparison with his contribution with Pujara.

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“My mindset was completely blank coming into this innings. I wanted to take my time initially but later on, we thought if we dominate, if we change the momentum, they will be on the back foot straightaway, and that’s what happened. It was like the same thinking that was in Melbourne in Australia (2014-15 in partnership with Virat Kohli). I wanted to dominate them and that’s what we did. But here the challenge was slightly different.” recalled Jinx.

“It was a spin-friendly wicket and we wanted to get a good partnership. I was talking to Virat in the dressing room before lunch (yesterday) that if we get a 150-200 partnership, they will be on the back foot and that’s what actually happened, me and Pujara got that partnership,” concluded the 29-year old.