WTC Final | The one who was dropped from the team, the same player saved Team India’s shame in the first innings of AUS vs IND at Oval, Ajinkya Rahane made a big world record with an innings of 89 runs

BCCI Photo – Vinay Kumar Ajinkya Rahane (Ajinkya Rahane) returned to the Indian Test team due to excellent batting in IPL 2023 and excellent performance in domestic cricket as well. And, as soon as he returned, he landed in the ground of WTC Final Match 2023 AUS vs IND The, Oval London. Batting first for Australia, in front of the target of 469 runs, all the Indian team’s top order Teesmar Khan proved to be a failure. Ajinkya Rahane, who returned to Team India, handled the sinking boat of the Indian batting of the first innings and played a big role in saving India from the follow-on on the third day of the match. He played an inning of 89 runs. With this praiseworthy innings, he also took a world record to his name. Significantly, Ajinkya Rahane crossed the 5000-run mark in his international Test cricket career. And, became the 13th Indian batsman to score 5000 runs in Test cricket. Ajinkya Rahane faced 129 balls and scored 89 runs with the help of 11 fours and 1 six. Records show that Ajinkya Rahane has touched the figure of 5000 runs in 141 Test innings of 83 Test matches. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is on top among Indian batsmen who have scored 5,000 or more runs in Test cricket. Rahul Dravid is on the second position. Let’s know the names of Indian batsmen who scored more than 5000 runs and their figures also read 1. Sachin Tendulkar: 15921 runs 2. Rahul Dravid: 13265 runs 3. Sunil Gavaskar: 10122 4. VVS Laxman: 8781 runs 5. Virender Sehwag : 8503 runs 6. Virat Kohli : 8430 runs 7. Sourav Ganguly : 7212 runs 8. Cheteshwar Pujara : 7168 runs 9. Dilip Vengsarkar : 6868 runs 10. Mohammad Azharuddin : 6215 runs 11. Gundappa Vishwanath : 6080 runs 12. Kapil Dev : 5248 runs 13. Ajinkya Rahane: 5020 runs