Veteran Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has been overlooked of India’s lately introduced squad for the two-match Take a look at collection towards the West Indies. Followers and former gamers have questioned Pujara’s omission from the Take a look at squad, arguing why he has been singled out and questioning the choice standards.
The 35 12 months outdated batter might be within the final leg of his profession and followers have been questioning if the drop from the check workforce is the tip of the road for Pujara. Nonetheless, like he has finished all through his profession, Pujara let his bat do the speaking for him in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday.
Pujara posted a video of him batting together with a two emojis. Within the 9 second video, the veteran batter may be seen leaving the balls outdoors his off stump, defending them and glacing them off his legs in his signature fashion.
Pujara was a part of India’s taking part in XI towards Australia within the WTC Last 2023. Nonetheless, it was been broadly speculated that there will likely be some modifications to the Take a look at aspect following their disastrous efficiency towards the Kangaroos at The Oval. The Indian workforce didn’t cross the 300-run mark in each innings of the Take a look at match, finally dropping the match by 209 runs.
Aside from Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur, no different Indian batsman scored a half-century in both innings. Pujara scored a complete of 41 runs in his 2 innings of the Take a look at match.
Nonetheless, Pujara has not been on the prime of his sport for a while. The 35-year-old has scored 1,455 runs at a median of 26.69 within the 52 innings he has performed since 2020, together with 1 century and 11 half centuries.
Regardless of this, Pujara has discovered a supporter in former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar has argued that Pujara has been a loyal servant of Indian cricket and has been made a scapegoat for India’s batting failures.
Up to date: 25 Jun 2023, 09:39 AM IST