Cheteshwar Pujara Team India Border Gavaskar Trophy: Recently, the name of Cheteshwar Pujara has been in the news a lot, whose performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has always been excellent. If we look at the current Indian cricketers, Pujara is the highest run scorer so far in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. A campaign was started on social media that Pujara should return to Team India. Well, Pujara has not returned to the team, but he has definitely got the support of Ravi Shastri. The veteran Indian player believes that it seems almost impossible to replace Pujara.
During a discussion on a media channel, Ravi Shastri was asked who could play a role like Cheteshwar Pujara in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He believes that it is very difficult to replace Pujara and he should not be compared to anyone.
Pujara cannot be compared with anyone…
Ravi Shastri came in support of Cheteshwar Pujara and said, “Pujara is a different kind of player. He should not be compared with anyone. Everyone had expectations from Pujara in the series against Australia. You stand, we will win the series, so Don’t compare. I am very happy that I will be able to see him again in Australia. He and I will both be out of the dressing room. Ravi Shastri mentioned about Pujara coming to Australia because Pujara has been made a part of the commentary team for the first Test.
Powerful performance of Pujara in Border Gavaskar Trophy
Cheteshwar Pujara has batted in 43 innings of 24 matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy history. In these 43 innings, he has scored a total of 2,033 runs, scoring 5 centuries and 11 fifties. His average in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been 50.82. Talking about the current cricketers, in terms of scoring the most runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, after Pujara comes Virat Kohli, who has so far scored 1,979 runs in 42 innings.
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