Rahane was the biggest mover in the batting rankings after scoring two centuries in India’s 337 runs victory over South Africa in the fourth Test at New Delhi.
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Chasing 481, the Proteas were skittled out for a paltry 143 in their second innings.
As India raced to 80/0 at the end of Day 1, heavy rains for the next four days led to the Test being called a draw.
BCCI’s all top bosses are in the city to attend a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The emphatic triumph lifted India, who started the series at fifth spot, to second place in the ICC Test rankings. At this rate, Morkel, now perched on 227 Test scalps, won’t just be in the South Africa attack against England, he’ll be spearheading it. Beating them is not like beating Zimbabwe or the West Indies, though South Africa are a team in transition and no longer the formidable force of a few years ago. Find us on Facebook too!
Ashwin finally ended de Villiers’ marathon vigil in the very first ball of the next over when the South African was surprised by the extra bounce and was caught by Jadeja at leg slip.
Rahane has been one of India’s most accomplished batsmen since a horrid debut at the Kotla, against Australia in 2013.
India defeated South Africa yesterday at the Kotla to win the four match series 3-0.
“Test cricket has always been one format in which we have been wanting to do well”, he told reporters after India climbed to number two in the world.
“Hopefully you guys got the answer today…we always believed we can anywhere in the world and can play well against any team”, he said. “As a batting unit as a whole, we just did not manage to get the runs on the board”, said Amla whose team did not go beyond 185 in the spin-dominated series.
Series-winning captain Virat Kohli poses with the trophy after India won the fourth Test against Sou …
Amla did not allow his concentration to waver after he was struck on the glove by Umesh Yadav on 11 and India will know they have a battle on their hands to claim another win on day five, with South Africa 409 runs shy of victory and clearly set on playing for a draw. The left-arm spinner exploited the hardness of the second new ball, getting it to grip the pitch, turn and hit off-stump as Amla played forward for the straighter one.
That brought Francois du Plessis to the crease and it took him 53 balls to get off the mark before he fell for 10, lbw to Jadeja, who took 2-26 from 46 overs.
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The third-wicket partnership between Amla and de Villiers – 27 runs from 42.1 overs – was the lowest of all stands of 200 deliveries or more.
