Rajasthan Royals (RR) opening batsman Ajinkya Rahane slamme🤡d his second IPL century durin𓆉g the game against Delhi Capitals at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday.
Rahane reached the three-figure mark off 58 balls with a brace off Ishant Sharma. He smashed 11 fours and three sixes during his innings – 105 not out off 63 balls.
Rahane’s knock came close on the heels of him being replaced by Steve Smith as Rajasthan Royals captain. The Aussie cricketer was appointed as the skipper last year but he had to make way for Rahane in the wake of Australia’s ball-tampering scandal in Capetown.
Rahane’s maiden IPL hundred before this game came against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2012 when he racked up 103 off 60 balls including 12 fours and five sixes. RR won that match by 59 runs.
Here are some best tweets:
If you wanna see real positive ♎character watch ’s #100
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Well played ajju! top notch buddy.
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha)
Awesome from 𒅌! Congrats mate, so happy for you. Class is permanent
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne)
Well Played, Ajinkya. Very few T20 centuries are bereft of power….this one was. Rare. All timing. ☺️🙇♂️
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Finally Rahane throws caution to the winds. On someone’s pushing or on his own? Does not matter. S💎hows he has the T20 shots, it was just his mind holding him back.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)
Take a bo꧃w ! That was a👍 fab innings. Pure class. As they say Tough times never last but Tough people do.
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye)
Very happy for Ajinkya Rah𝄹ane. Great attitude, joy to watch when he gets ཧgoing
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Making the right kind of noise is ! �🌱� @Ashtonturner_70 has really run out of luck this .
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
So happy to see Rahan🍃e showcasing his skills with the bat. Maybe takin♓g the captaincy away from him has allowed him to just focus on batting or it has fired him up. Whichever it is = plenty of run for
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Take a bow👏👏👏 u beauty bro classic hundred in t20 👏👏pure timing 💯 💖
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Marvellous century by🙈 ha𓄧s been the highlight of Rajasthan’s batting. Would India’s selectors have been impressed had he had shown such form at the start of the season I wonder
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Ajinkya Rahane hits a ton
—His 2nd IPL ton
—First ever IPL ton at Jaipur
—Lost his captaincy in the last game and that’s how you reply — with a stellar performance
Looked confident in this knock
When in good touch looks a fantastic player— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
TAKE A BOW, AJINKYA RAHANE!
1⃣0⃣0⃣ runs! His second hundred in Vivo ! 🙌🏾
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)
Indians with multiple centuries in IPL:
5 Kohli
2 Sehwag, Vijay, Samson, RAHANE— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Ajinkya Ra꧃hane is our key pe🧜rformer for the innings for his outstanding 💯
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Nice guys shouldn’t finish last .. well played – rewinding the clock back to 2012 this evening
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)
