Ajinkya Rahane, WTC Final 2023: What did Cameron Green do with Ajinkya Rahane in 0.5 seconds?

Ajinkya Rahane missed out on a century (PC: AFP)

New Delhi.Ajinkya Rahane is that wall of Team India, who raised the hopes of the country in the final of the World Test Championship. He postponed the follow on against Australia. Rahane froze at the crease when India lost their 4 wickets for 71 runs in the first innings. Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara were all flopping badly.

At one time, the final seemed to be coming out of India’s hands, but Rahane along with Shardul Thakur got India back. There was a 109-run partnership between the two. Both hit half-centuries. Rahane also became the first Indian to score a half-century in the final of the World Test Championship.

Rahane out on 89

Rahane came to the crease on the second day and his effort was to take India’s innings to the end on the third day. He was very close to his historic century, but what Cameron Green did in 0.5 seconds ended his game. Rahane had to return to the pavilion on 89 runs. Green took a brilliant catch of Rahane by diving on the ball of Pat Cummins.

Green pulled the ball from behind

Earlier, he had dropped the catch of Shardul Thakur in Green Gully. Pat Cummins also missed out on Rahane, but on the third day both did not make any mistake in Rahane’s case. The edge of Rahane’s bat hit the ball of Cummins. The ball was far from the green. She had also crossed his body line, but pulled the ball from behind by putting a green dive.

Rahane’s dream shattered in 0.5 seconds

Green did all this in just 0.5 seconds and his catch surprised everyone. The video of this great catch of Green is becoming quite viral on social media. Green broke Rahane’s dream of a century in 0.5 seconds.