Vishakhapatnam: There is a definite spring in Ajinkya Rahane's steps after he ended a 17-Test run of not scoring a hundred, a number which has proved to be lucky for him. Rahane, India's Test vice-captain, was under pressure to perform in the West Indies and he delivered with an 81 and 102 in the first Test in Antigua. "You get to learn from every match and every series and I had to wait for two years, 17 Tests, for my Test debut and for this century [in West Indies] I had to wait for 17 Tests. I think there was some co-ordination," said Rahane ahead of the first Test against South Africa beginning here tomorrow.

"When I was playing for Hampshire, I was thinking, when I made my debut, how my mindset was.100 not on Rahane's mind. "So, in the West Indies, my thought process was that I will not think of getting a hundred even once, whatever has to be happen will happen. If a hundred has to come, it will come," said Rahane.