The pink ball will be used for the first time in India during the India-Bangladesh day/night match at Eden Gardens from November 22.
The 2016 edition of the Duleep Trophy was played with the Kookaburra pink ball and Pujara topped the run charts (453) with two hundreds, including a 256 not out for India Blue.
Pujara had complained about sighting the ball under lights in the 2016-17 domestic season but he claims to be better prepared now.
A total of 10 Indian players from the current squad have already played with the pink ball in a day-night first-class game.
Rabada did say a few words to Pujara after dismissing him for 58, perhaps letting a bit of his frustration out as he was unlucky not to get him out on zero due to a dropped catch.
Pujara has seen a lot of Agarwal in the domestic arena and believes it is the consistent scores in domestic cricket that has made him what he is today.
It took him 20 balls to get off the mark, hit his first boundary in his 42nd ball that he faced and at one point en route to his 21st Test half-century, he stood at 8 off 62.
South Africa ended up losing the first Test against India at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam by a heavy margin of 203 runs.
Pujara also felt that it won't be easy for batting on a fifth-day track.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a 148-ball 81 on Saturday against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.
With Team India in need of relatively quick runs, the emotions ran high as Rohit Sharma vented his frustration on Cheteshwar Pujara after a lost single.
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Cheteshwar Pujara scored a century, while Rohit Sharma was also among the runs, but captain Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed on 1 against West Indies A on the 1st day of the three-day game.
Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane will be back for India while Jasprit Bumrah will also be joining the squad as the World Championship begins with the two-Test series against West Indies.
Pujara last played a Test match when India created history by beating Australia for the first time in their yard this year and it was Pujara, who was India's standout batsman in the four-match series
Pujara is expected to be seen in action for India in the final leg of their West Indies tour. The tour consists of three T20Is, three one-day internationals and two Tests in the month-long tour.
It was Indian domination as Rohit Sharma claimed ODI cricketer of the year, Pujara claimed Test player of the year whereas Mandhana claimed the International Woman of the year award.
Cheteshwar was asked to pick a chit from the draw bowl having closed chits of four teams --- Gohilwad Gladiators, Sorath Lions, Halar Heroes and Zalawad Royals.
Pujara's availability for the SPL was informed by the Saurashtra Cricket Association through a media statement on Wednesday.
The players that BCCI have zeroed in are Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma, who will play County cricket.
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