DTVHINDICheteshwar Pujara is knocking on the door of the Indian Test team with great force, scored his second century in the ongoing county season
Pujara played a brilliant innings for Sussex Cheteshwar Pujara (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team’s experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s bat is speaking loudly in the ongoing county season. Pujara has scored a century against Middlesex while playing for Sussex at the historic Lord’s ground. Also, let us tell you that this is Pujara’s 65th century in first class cricket, while it is his 10th century for Sussex. So now he is just behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar (81) and Rahul Dravid (68) in terms of scoring the most centuries in first class cricket. So, to reach this century, Pujara faced a total of 258 balls and hit a total of 12 fours during his brilliant century innings. Also, let us tell you that this is Pujara’s second century in the ongoing tournament. Earlier, he had played a brilliant innings of 113 runs against Derbyshire in the ongoing season, due to which Sussex won by 124 runs. Also, let us tell you that recently Pujara became the fourth cricketer in the Indian cricket world to score more than 20 thousand runs in domestic cricket. 35-year-old Pujara achieved this feat by scoring runs in 260 matches at an average of 51.96. Watch the video of Cheteshwar Pujara’s brilliant century Sussex century number 🔟 for @cheteshwar1 pic.twitter.com/ctamzFD8ps — Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) May 25, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you about the County Championship Division Two match between Middlesex vs Sussex, then by lunch time on the second day, Sussex had scored 385 runs for the loss of 4 wickets after 121 overs in the first innings. Cheteshwar Pujara is present at the crease with 127* runs and John Sipson with 117* runs. Tom Clarke (32), Tom Haynes (40) and Tom Allsup are out after scoring 11 runs. Talking about Middlesex’s bowling, Ethan Bamber has taken the maximum of 2 wickets so far, while Ryan Hingis and Henry Brooks have taken 1 wicket each.
Cheteshwar Pujara also liked BCCI’s Test Incentive Scheme, praised the board profusely
After winning the England series, BCCI had announced the Test Incentive Scheme. Cheteshwar Pujara (Image Credit- Twitter Veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara lauded BCCI and its secretary Jay Shah for launching the Test Incentive Scheme to promote red-ball cricket in India. Let us tell you that, after the historic series win against England in Dharamshala, Shah had announced that the players who play Test cricket continuously for India will be given incentives by the board. After the introduction of this scheme, it is being said that cricketers can earn at least Rs 60 lakh per match by playing Test cricket. Pujara believes that this decision will encourage young cricketers to play more red-ball cricket as they will normally earn as much money, if not more, than in IPL or franchise cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara praised BCCI’s decision Pujara wrote on social media platform This will definitely reward and encourage those who perform for the country in the Test format!” Just got back from a refreshing trip with the family, and it is even more refreshing to see such a great initiative by @JayShah and @BCCI, It will surely reward and encourage those performing for the country in the purest format of the game! — Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) March 12, 2024 Let us tell you that the 36-year-old has played 103 Test matches for India, but after poor performance in a few series, he was dropped and Yashasvi Jaiswal was given preference before him. Since then, Pujara has played domestic cricket consistently and scored a lot of runs, but at the moment his return to Team India seems unlikely. However, considering his experience, the management can include him in the team for the upcoming Australia tour. India will play some test series before that. They are scheduled to host Bangladesh and New Zealand later this year but the BCCI has not confirmed the dates yet. Playing on home soil, the Rohit Sharma-led side will be confident of winning this series as well as winning two consecutive series can help India qualify for the WTC final for the third consecutive time.
Cheteshwar Pujara seen practicing in Rajkot during India vs England third test, video went viral
Pujara has been out of Team India for a long time Cheteshwar Pujara (Image Credit- Twitter) Currently, the third match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played between the two teams at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot from today, Thursday, 15 February. Let us tell you that in the match, the Indian team has won the toss and decided to bat. So during this match, experienced Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was seen practicing in the nets of the stadium, the video of which is going viral on the internet very fast. It is noteworthy that Pujara plays for Saurashtra team in domestic cricket and this is the home ground of Saurashtra team, due to which Pujara was seen preparing in the nets for the upcoming Ranji Trophy match. It is noteworthy that Pujara has performed amazingly with the bat in the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy. In 6 matches, Pujara has scored a total of 673 runs at an average of 74.77. During this period, Pujara’s best score has been 243* runs. Watch this viral video of Cheteshwar Pujara At the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Cheteshwar Pujara is sweating it out with the Saurashtra team ahead of their Ranji Trophy match. Handful of spectators have come down in the Lunch break to see him bat 🙂 pic.twitter.com/tgD3hhXweH — Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) February 15, 2024 I have a lot to give to Indian cricket: Pujara On the other hand, in a recent statement the 36-year-old veteran player had said that he still has a lot to give to Indian cricket. Quoting Sportskeeda, Pujara said – It is definitely true, the way I am batting, working on fitness, I am very confident. Scoring runs in Ranji Trophy is not an easy thing. There is no DRS in the tournament, and the decisions do not always go your way. You have to work hard to score runs here. You have to be on top of your game. I am ready to contribute on whatever platform I get a chance.
Last time Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara were not seen playing together in a Test match for India.
India last played a Test match without Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in 2011. Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane (Pic Source-Twitter) The Indian team is going to play a five-match Test series against England, starting from January 25. The first match of this Test series will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad from 25th January. However, before this important Test series, the Indian team has suffered a big setback. Experienced batsman Virat Kohli is unavailable for the first two Test matches. He will not be able to participate in the first two test matches due to personal reasons. Let us tell you, Virat Kohli is one of the important players of the Indian team. Recently, the Indian team played a two-match test series against South Africa in which Virat Kohli’s performance was also tremendous. Now that Virat Kohli will not play for the Indian team in the first two Test matches, the experience of the host’s middle order seems to be very less. The main reason behind this is that the Indian team management has not included Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in this team. These two senior players played a total of 188 test matches. India played its last Test match without Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in 2011. Let us tell you, India played the last Test match without Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in 2011. India played a three-match Test series against West Indies at home in 2011. Kohli, Pujara and Rahane did not participate in the first two matches of this Test series. India won the first test match played in Delhi by 5 wickets. After this, the second test between the two teams was played at Eden Garden, Kolkata. In this match, Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. For the Indian team, opener Gautam Gambhir scored 65 runs while Virender Sehwag scored 66 runs. After this, batting at number three, Rahul Dravid scored 119 runs while Sachin Tendulkar played an inning of 38 runs. For the Indian team, VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni made an important partnership of 224 runs. While on one hand VVS Laxman played an unbeaten inning of 176 runs, on the other hand Dhoni scored 144 runs. India declared its first innings at 663 runs for 7 wickets. In response, West Indies were all out for 153 runs in their first innings while they scored 463 runs in the second innings but the team lost the second test by an innings and 15 runs. IPL 2024: Dhoni will captain, see CSK’s strong playing XI Virat Kohli out, see India’s playing XI for the first test against England Those 5 Indian players who have scored centuries in all three formats Top 5 captains who hit most sixes in all formats of cricket These 7 cricketers have married more than once IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals will win the second trophy on the basis of these 11 players Top 10 batsmen who hit…
