Twitter Reactions: Twitter applauds Ajinkya Rahane for dual hundreds as he joins the elite list

Coming into the final Test of the Gandhi-Mandela series Indian middle order batsman, Ajinkya Rahane was at the edge of the swords of the critics, eagerly waiting to blast him if he continued his poor run at home. But come the 4th Test and he has done enough to mark himself as one of the most consistent batsmen in the team.

He has now scored 2 centuries in 4th Test match against South Africa at Delhi and joined the elite list of Indians who have scored twin centuries in Test cricket. With the help of Rahane’s century, India posted 267 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 2nd innings before declaring soon after he got to his ton.

Rahane, who was pretty poor before this game in Indian conditions has now silenced his critics by scoring 2 centuries in the same game. With his century, he also made quite a few records.

In the 1st innings, he scored a brilliant 127 and rescued India by batting with the tail. Yet again in the 2nd innings he played a crucial role in the Indian innings as he scored an unbeaten 100 after he shared a series best 154-run stand with captain Virat Kohli from a position when India were 4 down for 57 early in their second innings.

His effort helped India get a 480 runs lead in the second innings and got them into a position where the only result possible is the one in their favor.

Here are the best tweets and Twitter Reactions on Rahane’s classical hundred:

How fantastic for Ajinkya Rahane to score a hundred in both innings after two single figure scores on debut here. Full circle. #indvsa

— Firdose Moonda (@FirdoseM) December 6, 2015

Most sixes in a Test match by Indians
8 – N Sidhu 1994
7 – V Sehwag 2009
7 – Harbhajan 2010
7* – A Rahane 2015#IndvSA

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 6, 2015

Mohali: S Dhawan on debut 187 in 2013 and then a pair in 2015
Delhi: A Rahane on debut 7 & 1 in 2013 and then 127 & 100* in 2015 #IndvSA

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 6, 2015

A very special day for a special, selfless young man #Rahane

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2015

Ajinkya Rahane's batting average at home:
before Delhi Test: 7.83
after Delhi Test: 39.14#IndvsSA

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 6, 2015

What's special about Rahane's two centuries is that it's the only two centuries in the whole series. #quality

— Danny (@dannnyy67) December 6, 2015

for most mumbai people who don't quite like delhi on their first trip, it gets a lot better second time round! #Rahane #IndvsSA

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) December 6, 2015

https://twitter.com/imGkhosla/status/673374842826043393

Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and now, Rahane. The elite list of Indians with centuries in each innings. #Class

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 6, 2015

No more a overseas bully then. Rahane earns his spurs at home too! Has scored runs in all countries he has played. Terrific batsman #IndvsSA

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) December 6, 2015

7 and 1 on Kotla debut. 127 and 100* in the second coming. Little man with big heart this Rahane chappie. #INDvsSA

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) December 6, 2015

Twin hundreds are often scored on roads. Ajinkya Rahane's at Kotla doesn't fall under that. This boy is class! Congrats Ajju! #IndvsSA

— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) December 6, 2015

Ajinkya Rahane is first Indian & only ninth batsman overall to score 100s in both innings of a Test while batting at no.5 or lower.#IndvsSA

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 6, 2015