Can't wait to get back into that dressing room: Cheteshwar Pujara
Cricket | July 02, 2020 22:19 ISTCheteshwar Pujara last played for India in their second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch in March.
Cheteshwar Pujara last played for India in their second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch in March.
Cheteshwar Pujara opened up on how Rahul Dravid's advice aided him in gaining clarity on his goals.
The Rajkot-based cricketer got back to training at the nets this week, three months after helping Saurashtra win their maiden Ranji Trophy title.
Pujara was the tormentor and the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts in India's historic 2-1 win Down Under in 2018/19 tour. He scored 521 runs at 74.27 last summer with three centuries
Pujara will next be up against Australia in the impending Border-Gavaskar series which will begin from December 3 at the Gabba.
Pujara also felt that the Australian fast bowlers, who are far more experienced in day-night Tests than Indians, will get a lot of pace and bounce off the pitch.
The other players to have received the notice include Cheteshwar Pujara and Deepti Sharma, who are among the five cricketers in the 110 strong National Registered Testing Pool (NRTP).
The likes of Rohit, Pujara, Chawla and Jadeja were under his tutelage. Now after 14 years, the former fast bowler reminisced about his coaching days.
Dravid feels that Pujara has a solid mindset and the 32-year-old understood early that he had to make every inning count to make a name for himself.
Pujara's exploits with the bat in India's series win in 2018-19 is still fresh in Cummins' mind and he would like to avoid a repeat of the same in the upcoming tour.
Well, the grab that Kohli shared is from a catch he had taken in the second Test against Australia at Perth in 2018. The stunner helped India get rid of Peter Handscomb.
Pujara opened up on two of his most memorable innings and coincidentally both of them came against Australia in 2017 home series.
India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara revealed how sledging backfired Australia during the 2017 Bengaluru Test.
Team India players Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav engaged in banter with the side's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara after the latter posted a throwback picture of him batting in the nets.
Australia's premier fast bowler Pat Cummins has said that Cheteshwar Pujara was 'a real pain in the back', naming him the toughest batsman to bowl to.
Recently in an Instagram Live session with former Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary, Shami said that Pujara hates getting out in net sessions
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is making people realise the importance of little things in life, India's ace Test batsman said he always did a sort of meditation which helped him self analyse, introspect and have better control over thoughts.
Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes India's Test specialists Cheteshwar Puajra and Ishant Sharma have left an indelible impression on him with their work ethic during their county stints.
According to Lyon, Australia need to reassess their approach to Pujara next time around.
The 32-year-old Indian, who has scored 5840 runs at an average of 48.66 in 77 Tests, was supposed to play six County Championship matches for the club at the start of the county's first season back in Division One.
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