India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has revealed that he became “a bit emotional” after scoring a match-winning century against West Indies in first Test in Antigua. Ajinkya Rahane scored his 10th Test century after a gap of 2 years and called it “special”. Rahane contributed with 81 and 102 in two innings he played which helped India defeat West Indies by a huge margin of 318 runs.

An opportunity to do something special

“I thought 10th hundred was really special. I wasn’t thinking about any particular celebration, it came out automatically. I was a little bit emotional,” Rahane told reporters during press conference before second and final Test at Sabina Park. Before start of Test series, Rahane’s form was a matter of concern as he h t scored a century in his previous 17 Test matches.

“It took me two years to get that 10th hundred. As I said process always matters to me a lot. Preparations before each and every series is very important. I was actually doing that throughout two years, and so 10th hundred was really special,” he said. In first innings, team was in a spot of bor when y lost 3 wickets with only 25 runs scored. Rahane came into bat with job of rescuing team. He said that he wasn't thinking about personal milestones and saw it as an opportunity to do something special for team.

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He also praised all-rounder batsman Hanuma Vihari who scored 93 runs in second innings and has strengned middle-order. “Vihari did very well in India A tours and he did really well in domestic circuit. So it’s good that players who actually did consistently well over a period of time in domestic cricket are doing well at international level,” he said. Rahane also spoke about Rohit Sharma missing first Test match. He said, “At same time, Rohit is also a quality player, a special player - it's hard to see him miss out on a Test match.”

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Indian team to look for a whitewash

India will look to win second Test match which starts on August 30 and win series. Indian bowlers were in great form in first match and will look to repeat ir heroics. Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah took 14 wickets between mselves and Ravindra Jeja contributed with a half-century and 2 wickets in match. India has 60 Test Championship points and will look to get ar 60 points by defeating West Indies.

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