WTC Final | Twitter reacts as dejected Ajinkya Rahane regretfully pats his helmet after throwing his wicket away

On his Test comeback, Ajinkya Rahane batted extremely well against Australia in the World Test Championship final at The Oval. By hitting 89 in the first innings, the 35-year-old top-scored for India in their 296-run total, and then, kept India in the game by showing resilience in the second innings after coming to chase an improbable 444-run target. Thanks to him and Virat Kohli, India were still in the game on Day 5 until the latter lost his wicket in the early half of the first session, and helped Australia to regain total control.

Considering Rahane was still in the middle after Kohli’s departure, India were still hoping to pull off a miracle on the final day of the contest. However, 59 more deliveries after Kohli’s wicket, the Australians put the final nail in the coffin by dismissing Jinx for 46. Although Rahane was to blame because of the manner of his dismissal, and he knew straightaway just after playing the shot on the wicket delivery.

To force him to play one bad shot, Mitchell Starc was bowling around the wicket against Rahane for a while. The ace Australian pacer finally got what he wanted when Rahane threw his bat to drive a widish delivery only to nick behind to Alex Carey. With all disappointment, Rahane constantly patted his helmet realizing there was no need to play that shot against the delivery which was not too full delivery for a drive. He even shook his head continuously while slowly dragging himself from the field.

Big fish for Starc!

Poor shot selections from big players!

Dukh Dardh Peeda!😭😭

Tata bye bye!

That's what they were looking for!

Rahane was one last hope!

Sad life!

He played wrong shot!

He's good at it!

Poor shot!