Updated On: 30 December, 2020 08:55 AM IST | Melbourne | A Correspondent
While his batting in Boxing Day Test exuded confidence, the stand-in Indian skipper seemed to have a well-thought out plan both at the crease and when leading the team to victory v Australia

Ajinkya Rahane bats on Day Four of the second Test against Australia at the MCG. Pic/Getty Images
India deserve all the accolades coming their way for the excellent manner in which they have levelled the series at 1-1, barely a week after their debacle in Adelaide. This would have to count among the great Test victories, and will be spoken of many years from now. Full marks to Ajinkya Rahane and his team for bouncing back so magnificently.
Tim Paine took the right call to bat first, even though the temptation to put the Indians in would have been there. Every Test is a new script and Paine was right in putting his men in.