Ajinkya Rahane’s struggle with form continues as the batter once again failed to contribute much. Former Indian World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir has stated that Hanuma Vihari should get the opportunity instead of Rahane.
The 3rd Test match India and South Africa, the deciding match of the series, currently hangs a little towards the South African team as the Indian batters once again failed to get going.
Especially the off-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane. Before the today, there were already questions being asked on Ajinkya Rahane’s performance, and now today’s performance has just added fuel in the fire.
Ajinkya Rahane, coming in at number 5, could only score 1 run from 9 balls and was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada, leaving India at 4 wickets down for 58 runs at the time of his dismissal.
Following that, former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir in live broadcast suggested that it is the time that Hanuma Vihari be brought in for Rahane.
Gautam Gambhir stated that Hanuma Vihari should get the first opportunity now and he should be backed as much as Rahane was backed and demands that atleast 2 to 3 series opportunities are given to Vihari.
Gautam Gambhir said, “Hanuma Vihari should get the first opportunity now. He should be backed as much as Ajinkya Rahane was backed, if not more than at least for 2-3 series”.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 13, 2022
Ajinkya Rahane has not enjoyed a great success after his heroic with the bat as well as leader in the Australia tour just a year ago. If we exclude his performance from that series, he has scored 460 runs from 13 matches, including his today’s performance.
India vs South Africa 3rd Test 2022
Talking about the match, after India were left in a vulnerable position early on as the Day 3’s play began, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant has now taken control of the inning, and India finds themselves 4 wickets down for 130 runs at the time of lunch break.
Virat Kohli has scored 28 runs from 127 balls, while Rishabh Pant is at 51 runs from 60 balls. India leads South Africa by 143 runs.
