Before falling prey to Nathan Lyon at 40, Pujara waited till the 48th over to hit his first four after coming out to bat in the first over.
Cheteshwar Pujara stood strong on the first session of the Day/Night Test between India and Australia, as India lost Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal early in the innings after opting to bat.
Plays a sturdy 88-ball 17 knock, with no boundaries, to see off the wrath of Australian pacers while Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal perish in first session.
The legendary cricketer says he will be happy to see Pujara bat 15 of the 20 days cricket that would be played during the four-Test series.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and even KL Rahul were all seen at the nets.
Pujara amassed 521 runs with three centuries and earned the Man-of-the-Series award in 2018-19 series Down Under.
Dravid, who had top-scored for India in the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar series with 619 runs, said India "have got a bowling attack that can take 20 wickets in those conditions."
Ajinkya Rahane (108*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (54) were among the runs but others failed to impress as India A ended Day 1 on 237/8.
India will be playing two practice matches against Australia A ahead of the anticipated series that will give Team India a chance to answer a few many questions in a bid to arrive at their perfect XI for the Border-Gavaskar series
Former West Indies international Tino Best and Pakistan's Rana Naved-ul-Hasan also provided evidence in support of Rafiq's claims "institutional racism" at the club.
Gavaskar also feels that the entire responsibility of India's batting will rest upon vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and Pujara in the absence of Kohli, who will miss the last three Tests owing to paternity leave.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who has not played competitive cricket since March, had an extensive net session here on Thursday and looked comfortable facing the fast bowlers.
Pujara believes that India's fast bowling troika of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami can again work up some magic like in 2018-19.
Pujara, who made his Test debut against Australia in Bengaluru on this day 10 years ago, had an impressive first outing as he scored 72 in the second innings in India's successful 207-run chase.
India are set to travel to Australia with a jumbo squad comprising 23 to 25 playing members across formats considering the requirements of the series to be played in bio-bubble amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
IPL auctions are always "tricky" terrain and going unsold does not make Cheteshwar Pujara a frustrated cricketer as he fights the public perception of being a red-ball specialist.
Pujara was given the condition of picking himself while having only four Indians in the team.
Cheteshwar Pujara shared his experience of batting with Virat Kohli, saying that he always comes out with a positive mindset.
Indian spin great Dilip Doshi believes that Pujara deserves a spot in the ODI team.
India's Test specialist batsman Cheteshwar Pujara hit the nets on Saturday as he shared a video from the practice session.
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