Cheteshwar Pujara entertained his home fans with a brilliant display of batting at his home ground in Rajkot. In the first match of the ongoing Test series between India and England, Pujara, who came to bat number 3, batted with a lot of maturity and flair, made life difficult for England bowlers on a pitch that was had no or very little assistance for bowlers.
Cheteshwar Pujara batted for 206 balls and scored 124 runs. Pujara batted at the strike rate of 60.19 and smashed 17 boundaries in his innings. The good crowd in Rajkot erupted with joy when their hometown hero Cheteshwar Pujara reached his 9th Test hundred. Watch it here:
VIDEO: This is how fans celebrated Cheteshwar Pujara’s 100
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This is what Cheteshwar Pujara had to say at the end of day 3:
“The way I started playing shots, I expected that they will be on the defensive mode but when they have 537 runs on board the plan is very simple, first to reach that mark. And obviously we have a bright chance to win the game if we bat well tomorrow,” said Pujara who scored an attacking 124.
“The ball will start turning from tomorrow and batting on day five will be difficult. At the moment I don’t want to talk too much about it,” said Pujara, who himself along with Murali Vijay were dismissed in the final session.
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