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Indian fans miss Ajinkya Rahane as youngsters falter in IND vs SA 1st Test

Team India batters especially the young duo of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed to apply themselves against a fired-up South African bowling line-up in IND vs SA 1st Test. Meanwhile, the fans on the internet came out in support of veteran Ajinkya Rahane stating that the right-handed batter should have been a part of the Test squad against South Africa.

Indian Batters who have played 20 innings in SENA wins ( away)

1. Ajinkya Rahane , Avg- 38.78
2. Cheteshwar Pujara , Avg- 35.13

end of list

Where are these players ? They should be in South Africa.#INDvsSA #INDvSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND pic.twitter.com/1hqYk9eN54

— Ajeet Kumar (@ajeetkr03) December 26, 2023

Why Ajinkya Rahane was dropped again? Top scorer for India in WTC 2023 final and surely would have performed better in this series. BCCI is so inconsistent with their players and this is the reason we are ICC trophyless since 2023.

— 𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 (@GunRoasterr) December 26, 2023

Pitches like these makes you miss the resilience the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane brought to the batting line up.

Onus on KL Rahul and a slogging Bumrah to get us past 200 on this wicket. #INDvsSA #BoxingDay #BoxingDayTest #CricketTwitter

— Ajay (@ajayp_16) December 26, 2023

Best performer of WTC dropped From team #AjinkyaRahane you Take my heart
Love you FOREVER
Proud to be your fan pic.twitter.com/9itUacsxtf

— Hi नानी (@__Ayush__14) December 26, 2023

Speaking about team India’s performance with the bat, Yashasvi Jaiswal (17 runs from 37 balls) and Rohit Sharma (5 runs from 14) opened for the visitors but both of them failed to make a mark and collapsed in front of the Proteas pacers. One of the main disappointments in the first session was Shubman Gill’s (2 runs from 12 balls) sloppy performance.

The likes of Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur got starts with the bat, but none of them managed to convert it to a big total. Senior batter KL Rahul completed a gritty fifty with the bat as the visitors managed to cross the 200-run mark in their first innings of the IND vs SA 1st Test.

Rahane has been good in overseas and was the highest scorer in WTC final. Still dropped him for some Gabba merchant. pic.twitter.com/LfYIKTc8MQ

— 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 Das (@SergioCSKK) December 26, 2023

ye log sochte hain Rahane aur pujara ke bin outside Indian subcontinent matches bacha lenge #INDvsSA

— Sarr Darrd (@DarrdSarr) December 26, 2023

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