Twitter Reaction: Ajinkya Rahane smashed 7th Test ton

Ajinkya Rahane smashed his seventh Test match ton after scoring an impressive 108 against the West Indies in what seemed to be somewhat of a diabolical wicket in Sabina Park, Kingston. Having come out to bat late on day 2, Rahane batted through the third day. He batted with patience with the tail and did the bulk of the scoring he also got to his 7th Test ton during the course. With Rahane unbeaten on 108, skipper Virat Kohli decided to call in the declaration in a bid to have a crack at the West Indies opening pair of Rajendra Chandrika and Kraigg Brathwaite in the last part of the evening.

In spite of the slow rate of scoring, the Indians still hold the upper hand as they have now surged into a massive 304-run lead. One of the unnoticed stars of the day was most definitely 24-year old West Indian all-rounder Roston Chase. The latter claimed his best ever bowling figures in Test match cricket with a five-wicket haul in what is only his second Test.

Twitter erupted with a plethora of Tweets congratulating Ajinkya Rahane on a wonderfully compiled ton. Leading the congratulations was the president of the BCCI and Lieutenant in the Indian Civil army Anurag Thakur.

The BCCI also went on to release a video of Rahane speaking about his amazing performances in the press conference soon after the conclusion of the match. Rahane’s massive fan following also began congratulating him on the wonderfully compiled century and hoping that there is certainly much more to come.

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Well done @ajinkyarahane88 on getting a tremendous hundred at the Sabina Park to put India in commanding position. #WIvIND @BCCI

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 2, 2016

Ajinkya Rahane brings up his 7th Test century. Third century in 4 innings for Rahane. #WIvIND

— Khurram Siddiquee (@imKhurram12) August 1, 2016

Indians scoring at least one 90+ in most consecutive Test series:

10 – Sunil Gavaskar
8* – AJINKYA RAHANE
8 – Sachin Tendulkar#WIvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) August 1, 2016

Ajinkya Rahane is like an obedient school student whatever task assigned to him will do politely yet so effectively…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 1, 2016

Ajinkya Rahane Just Started Trending.

Yeah you read it right.

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) August 1, 2016

'The plucky Ajinkya Rahane' written by @sahilbhatia624 at: https://t.co/ijpIqlHNdT @ajinkyarahane88 pic.twitter.com/8woS5oXKkl

— Ajinkya Rahane FC (@AjinkyaRFC) July 23, 2016

VIDEO: Watch @ajinkyarahane88's take on scoring Test hundreds in India and overseas in Marathi #WIvINDhttps://t.co/C3G6QKe1wA

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 2, 2016

Congratulations. Seventh Test century for @ajinkyarahane88 and his third in in his last four innings. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/0Nmhjhdj2b

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 1, 2016

Like M Vijay & Rahane, K L Rahul too has the temperament to bat long hours, so also shots to score quick runs. India is blessed. #WIvInd

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 31, 2016

Ajinkya Rahane last 4 test innings
108*
22
100*
127#WIvIND

— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) August 2, 2016

Good Knock By @ajinkyarahane88 ..Well played 108 #WIvIND A Very Tough Middle Order Player

— Chandhen Ram (@chandhenram) August 2, 2016

Rahul and Rahane also producing fine tons. Alongside Virat, safe to say that test batting now in safe hands post fabulous four era. #WIvIND

— ChiCkoo (@chickoo_chirag) August 2, 2016

Oh yeah! Ajju dada does it again!! Congo on your 7th century.. @ajinkyarahane88 ..many more to come…. ? #WIvIND

— RoHeeti_45 (@pracheetijoshi) August 2, 2016

45+ Avg by Indians Away from Home (Minimum 1500 runs)

54.74 Tendulkar
53.61 Dravid
52.11 Gavaskar
51.86 M Amarnath
49.16* A Rahane#WIvIND

— Subha ⚡ (@Iamsubha27) August 2, 2016

Sheer dedication and hard work. Well done, @ajinkyarahane88 #WIvIND

— Rajal Arora (@RajalArora) August 2, 2016

Another overseas century scored by Rahane. He just loves to bat on foreign soils and it helps his stature getting higher everyday. #WIvInd

— Krish (@krishnamahali) August 2, 2016

Wellington,London,Melbourne,Colombo,Delhi and Kingston- Cities where #Rahane has scored his test tons. #FabulousBatsman #WIvIND

— Vignesh Shenoy (@vigneshenoyk) August 2, 2016

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