“If Kohli is the angry Amitabh Bachchan, then Rahane is the Amol Palekar of Indian cricket,” former Mumbai player and coach Vinayak Samant, Rahane’s roommate in the domestic team, nails the persona for us. Once, in Australia, the senior players had convinced Rahane that he needs to sledge back the Australians who were needling him. Rahane doesn’t mouth cuss words or reach out for middle fingers; he sticks his tongue out. Rahane, the earnest sincere somewhat shy person – who is always punctual – is known but it doesn’t tell anything about how he would captain. “He doesn’t talk too much in team meetings, but whenever he said something, his views were spot on and hence, respected by everyone.

Source: Indian Express December 25, 2020 16:05 UTC