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Ajinkya Rahane comes clean on captaincy: This is what he says Agencies New Delhi: Ajinkya Rahane has won many a fans with his astute captaincy during the Indian team’s epic triumph in Australia. However, Ajinkya Rahane clarified Tuesday that Virat Kohli is the undisputed leader of the Indian side. He said he happy filling in when required. Come February 5, Rahane will again be the vice-captain of the Test team against England with Kohli back. So will things be different now when he once again dons the vice captain’s hat? Coming clean “Nothing changes. Virat was and will a...

Was there a strategy laid out? The strategy was simple – let’s stick together, let’s back ourselves, walk out with a positive attitude and that fighting spirit. And let’s accept whatever the result is in the end. The first practice session at the MCG was the first morale-booster. Everybody was looking to help each other out. Quietly, there was a resurgence taking place – even though nobody would’ve been able to put a finger on it and say it so at that point. Until the morning of the match, when Australia won the toss, we were actually looking to bat first – despite what had hap...

For the vice-captain, it was not about being on the hot seat but having the ability to perform the role to perfection that mattered the most. "It's not the matter of merely being a captain. How you perform the captain's role is what's more important. So far I have been successful. Hopefully, in future also, I will try to give these kind of results for my team," said the man, who has led his country to four wins in five Tests. Reflecting on his relationship with Kohli, Rahane said it has always been smooth. "Me and Virat have always shared a good bonding with each other. He has time and aga...

Mohammed Siraj and T Natarajan (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The combined bowling experience of the Australian bowling line-up in the Brisbane Test (Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Green, Lyon) was 254 Tests. The number for the Indian bowlers (Siraj, Thakur, Saini, Natarajan and Sundar) was 9 Tests. BUILDING PRESSURE Imagine how difficult it must have been for the young, very inexperienced bowlers to devise on field strategies against a full strength Australian batting attack. But like every other challenge that Team India faced on their tour of Australia, this too was taken head on. 'Build pressure fro...

From Team India, the forever ode to Tests and the fighting spirit January 24, 2021, 5:43 PM IST Saikat Dasgupta is an Associate Resident Editor with TOI. Mostly immersed in the news cycle, he surfaces here to share. There wouldn’t be great art if not for pain, suffering and personal setback. There would be no memorable victory if not for the underdog. Stories that give you the goosebumps, bring a lump to your throat and make your muscles twitch involuntarily, the ones that make you cry and whoop in joy, the ones that permeate the membranes of famili...