Ajinkya Rahane sleeps with a pink ball next to him: Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan react

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The historic day-night test match between Bangladesh and India is only moments away. The tickets at Eden Gardens have reportedly been sold out, at least for the first three days. The hype and fanfare have also touched the cricketers going to play the match. Ajinkya Rahane, especially, seems a little too excited, as he recently uploaded a photo of him sleeping with a pink ball.

The Instagram post brought tons of amusing comments, notably from the Indian captain Virat Kohli. Kohli commented: “Nice pose jinksy,” alongside a couple of emojis. Compatriot Shikhar Dhawan, who is not part of the team playing the match, commented a humorous reply to Rahane’s caption: “Sapney mein pic khich gayi” (The picture got clicked in a dream!).

Rahane replied to both cricketers with some humour of his own, thanking Kohli by his nickname and giving a clever reply to Dhawan. Now, it is to see how much of his dedication towards the pink ball works in the actual match, especially during the twilight period, described by Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin to be extremely difficult as a batsman.

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