India’s Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was really good in the recently concluded West Indies series as he scored 271 runs in 2 matches at an astonishing average of 90.33 with once century and two half-centuries.

With this century in the first Test match against West Indies, Rahane ended a 17-Test run of not scoring a hundred, a number which has proved to be lucky for him.

While talking at a press conference in Vizag about the connection of number 17 with his career, the right-hand batsman said, “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.”

When asked about his mindset after not getting a century for so long, he said, “When I was playing for Hampshire, I was thinking, when I made my debut, how my mindset was before that. In these 17 Tests, I was not getting a hundred, I was going behind getting a hundred and it was not coming.”

“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,” Rahane added.

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When asked about India's composition for the First Test against South Africa, the Indian vice-captain dropped a hint that the home side is likely to pick two spinners in their XI, as he said, “Depending on the conditions we will decide the combination. Hanuma (who bats at 6) can also bowl some spin and that makes a difference. In India, we hardly see three pacers playing.”

(With PTI inputs)