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Kingston (Jamaica), Aug 30:<\/strong> India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has revealed that he was a "little bit emotional" after he scored a match-winning hundred in the Antigua Test, his first in two years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rahane played superb knocks of 81 and 102 in the two innings he played in the first Test against West Indies which India won by a huge margin of 381 runs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I was a little bit emotional," Rahane said during the press conference on the eve before the second Test at Sabina Park. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I thought 10th hundred was really special. I wasn't thinking about any particular celebration, it came out automatically. It took me two years to get that 10th hundred.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"As I said the process always matters to me a lot. Preparations before each and every series is very important. I was actually doing that throughout the two years, and so (this hundred) was really special," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In Antigua, Rahane came to bat when the team was in a spot in the first innings when India were 25\/3 and in the second when they needed to build a lead. The India deputy skipper said he wasn't thinking about personal milestones and was just trying to play as per the situation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We were under pressure (in the first innings). I thought West Indies bowled really well in that session, throughout that day. It was an opportunity for me to do something special for my team. I think because of the situation I wasn't thinking about myself because it was important to get that partnership going - one player has to stay and bat and we knew that," Rahane said. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I thought it was something special for me personally as well because we knew we were in a difficult position at that point of time and happily we did really well and came back strongly from that point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"(In the second innings) I knew that (106-run) partnership with Virat was very crucial. And basically, because of that team thinking, the pressure was completely off. And really special getting that hundred after two years," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He also lavished praise on Hanuma Vihari, who scored crucial 93 runs in the second innings and has solidified the middle order.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Vihari did very well in India A tours and he did really well in the domestic circuit," Rahane said. "It's good that players who actually did consistently well over a period of time in domestic cricket are doing well at the international level."
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