On June 23, Team India’s seasoned batsman Ajinkya Rahane was re-elected as the team’s vice-captain for the upcoming Test series against the West Indies.
For the two Test matches, Rahane will act as Rohit Sharma’s backup.
The veteran batter served as vice-captain of India’s red-ball squad while Virat Kohli was captain.
Prior to the South Africa tour in December 2021, Rohit Sharma replaced him as the team’s leader.
The right-handed batter returned to India’s Test squad last month following a successful Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) season and a successful run in domestic cricket.
In the ICC World Test Championship (WTC 2023) championship match against Australia at The Oval, Rahane was re-inducted into the lineup.
He put on an outstanding performance in the summit match, scoring 89 and 46.
The 35-year-old has been given the vice-captaincy position once more by the Indian team management as a reward.
“Proper definition of a comeback” – Ajinkya Rahane’s Selection As India’s Vice-Captain For The Test Series VS. West Indies Is Greeted By Fans.
After his heroics in the WTC final, Ajinkya Rahane will serve as India’s vice-captain for the WI series
Following the announcement, a number of fans responded to the news on social media.
These are a few of the tweets that received the best responses-
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱
Ajinkya Rahane has been named Vice Captain for Team India once again.#AjinkyaRahane pic.twitter.com/0OF0d7rylh
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) June 23, 2023
Ajinkya Rahane is back as Vice – Captain of Indian Test Team !! 🤍🥳#WhistlePodu | #AjinkyaRahane | #WIvIND
📸: Getty Images pic.twitter.com/4BSmTjQDXS— Saravanan Hari 💛🦁🏏 (@CricSuperFan) June 23, 2023
Ajinkya Rahane is back as Team India's Vice Captain in Tests 💪..#INDvsWI #AjinkyaRahane pic.twitter.com/h6eirnWBUK
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) June 23, 2023
CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan on Ajinkya Rahane's performance in IPL 2023
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. #rahane #ajinkyarahane #csk #ipl #ipl2023 #match #kasivishwanath #cricket #cricketgyan pic.twitter.com/o39Htsh2jB— Cricket Gyan (@cricketgyann) June 22, 2023
Jinx is the vice captain. Don't read much into it. He is just a stop gap for this series alone. Future vice captain will be one of Pant/Iyer subject to fitness. No other player in the current team is both long term prospect & a sure starter. So its justified. #AjinkyaRahane
— Kirket Fanatic (@nihanth11) June 23, 2023
From being dropped from the central contract by BCCI to being appointed as the Vice Captain for Team India – Ajinkya Rahane's redemption story! 💯#AjinkyaRahane #INDvsWI #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/MahuJomOU1
— OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) June 23, 2023
Coming back after 18 months and then becoming the Vice Captain Of Indian Test Team Again!!
This is so Inspiring and proves that Hard Work Gives You Desired Result With Time ❤❤
So so proud of you ❤ Love you ❤ @ajinkyarahane88 #AjinkyaRahane #Rahane pic.twitter.com/odW3tXZvka— ❤Soumi❤ (@soumibanerjee27) June 23, 2023
Played for @ChennaiIPL in IPL 2023.
Performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament.
Selected for World test championship, showed everyone why he’s the best.
And now, getting back to vice-captain 🔥 #AjinkyaRahane @ajinkyarahane88 #indiavsWI#cricbuzz #espncicinfo— Prudhvi Raj Reddy (@Im_prudhviRaj) June 23, 2023
Bhagwan downfall kaise bhi dena lekin comeback ajinkya Rahane jaise dena#ajinkyarahane #Rahane #vicecaptain #TestCricket #bcci#indvswi
— ranjeet (@ranjeet62871675) June 23, 2023
From exclusion to vice-captaincy restoration through his brilliance in the WTC final, Ajinkya Rahane deserves a standing ovation!#AjinkyaRahane #WTCFinal #WTC #WIvIND #TestCricket #MazaPlay pic.twitter.com/zbp7DUekYn
— MazaPlay (@PlayMaza) June 23, 2023
The West Indies will host India’s multi-format tour the following month. There will be two tests, three ODIs, and five T20Is between the two cricketing nations.
Dominica’s Windsor Park will host the first Test beginning on July 12.
Indian teams for the West Indies tour in both Test and ODI matches.
Test team: Rohit Sharma , Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane , KS Bharat , Ishan Kishan , R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Mukesh Kumar, and Navdeep Saini.
ODI Team: Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, and Mohd. Mukesh Kumar, Umran Malik, and Siraj.
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