Australia vs India 2018-19, 1st Test: 5 Talking Points from Day 1

#3 Clock ticking fast for inconsistent Rahul and Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane (13 from 31) and KL Rahul (2 from 8) did nothing much to justify their prolonged selection into the Indian side. As top-order lads, they also showed an immense wanting of responsibility, by attempting to drive the balls moving away from off-stump and edging it instead, to the keeper or the slips.

Rahul's misery seems to have no bounds, while one could have expected a little more of maturity from Rahane. Prior to him, three batsmen departed in the same fashion. How much would it take to not take the same route towards an inevitable crash? The worse fact is that he got out to the worst shot among them all.

The likes of Hanuma Vihari and Prithvi Shaw already well in the fray, with Shreyas Iyer, Mayank Agarwal and so on, at the fringes of National Team selection as well. Come the end of the ongoing domestic tournament, and we will also have several newer faces at our disposal.

With such stiff competition around, the sands of time seems to run up on Rahane and Rahul, as the selectors may decide to cut short on their opportunities which continue to show them making mistakes, at the expense of the selection of other players.