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Ajinkya Rahane on Friday mentioned he had apologised to Virat Kohli after his horrible mix-up with him led to the India captain’s game-changing run out within the first Test in opposition to Australia in Adelaide. Kohli was trying stable earlier than the comical run out for 74 on the opening day at Adelaide Oval. Upon realising that there was no run in it, Rahane determined to ship again Kohli but it surely was too late by then. What adopted within the second innings was an inexplicable batting collapse, because of which the guests crumbled to their lowest Test rating of 36/9.
“After the end of day’s play I went and said sorry to him (Kohli) but he was all okay, he was okay about it,” Rahane mentioned on the eve of the second Test in Melbourne.
“We both understood that the situation we were in, we were going well at that point, but such things happen in cricket, you got to respect that and you got to move forward.”
Stand-in skipper Rahane admitted that the run out handed Australia the momentum as they recorded an eight-wicket win inside two and half days.
“It was a really tough one, obviously we were going really well that moment, our partnership was good, and I could actually see that momentum going towards Australia after that run out,” Rahane mentioned.
Kohli, who has now returned to India for the delivery of his first baby, had backed Rahane to steer from the entrance in his absence within the the rest of the four-match sequence.
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“I have said this previously as well that I feel like this is his (Rahane’s) time to really step up and perform strongly as an individual and then as a captain as well,” Kohli had mentioned.
“I think, he will do a great job when I am gone back home, so we are on the same page completely and the vision remains simply to put in good performances and make sure that we are competing every game and the idea is to win the series.”
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