New By Uttarakhand Sandesh 2021-02-14

Good footwork and positive intent was the key, says Ajinkya Rahane

The strategy was to make England bowl to India's strengths, said home vicecaptain Ajinkya Rahane on Saturday, quite pleased that his and Rohit Sharma's plan of using the sweep shot to good effect worked out just as they had envisioned on day one of the second Test here. Having registered 1 and 0 in the series-opener against England, Rahane found form with a 67-run knock, while Rohit shone the brightest among Indians with an effort of 161, which included some mesmerising strokeplay.