Rahane was also the inaugural winner of the Mullagh Medal after he won the Man of the Match award in the second Test. The Boxing Day Test Player of the Match medal has been named in honour of trailblazing Indigenous cricketer Johnny Mullagh.
Rahane refused to take credit for his Man of the Match show in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Having hit the winning run to seal the win on Tuesday, the batsman immediately pointed at the brilliant show put on by the team. Really proud of all the players. Played really well. Want to give credit to the debutants (Mohammed) Siraj and (Shubman) Gill, the character they showed after the Adelaide loss was great to see, he said in the post-match presentation.
Ajinkya Rahane s name engraved in MCG Honours Board
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NEW DELHI: India s comeback win in Melbourne to level the ongoing four-match Test series in Australia has sent out a huge message to not just the Australian camp but to opposition teams the world over -that this team doesn t rely on star power and that it has enough quality strength on the bench to win.
The eight-wicket win in the second Test of the series in Melbourne becomes more special when you look at what happened to the visitors coming into this match.
The first Test, which was a day-night encounter saw both teams having the upper hand at different stages of the match. But it ended with what was a morale crushing performance by the Indian team. They were bowled out for their lowest Test innings total of 36 in their second innings and as a result lost the match by eight wickets inside three days.