New Delhi: Back in 2013, Ajinkya Rahane had a tough initiation into Test cricket at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. Playing against Australia, he only managed eight runs across the two innings.

He survived a leg-before appeal off the first ball he faced and was hit on the helmet off the next. More than two years down the line, he made it count at Delhi with a century that may have helped setup a 3-0 series win over South Africa.