New Delhi. Cheteshwar Pujara is called a test specialist. He has achieved this title with his game. But the way he has performed in the Royal London One Day Cup 2022, the List-A tournament being played in England. Fans have started raising the demand for his place in India’s ODI team. The 34-year-old Pujara scored 132 off 90 balls against Middlesex while playing for Sussex on Tuesday. He scored a century for the third time in the last 5 matches. With this, 5 thousand runs of his List-A career have also been completed. He reached here in just 109 innings and averages above 57.
Cheteshwar Pujara hit 20 fours and 2 sixes against Middlesex. That is, 92 runs were scored only from the boundary. The strike rate was 147. Earlier, he played an unmatched innings of 174 against Surrey and 107 against Warwickshire. So far in List-A career, he has scored more than 5 thousand runs in 109 innings. Has scored 14 centuries and 31 half-centuries. The average is above 57. He has also completed 600 runs in the current tournament. Became only the second batsman to do so.
Poor performance in ODIs
After Cheteshwar Pujara’s brilliant innings on Tuesday, a fan wrote on social media, Cheteshwar Pujara in the Indian ODI team. At the same time, another wrote that he is running in excellent form and has caught everyone’s attention including BCCI. While another wrote that he is a player of Modern Day. It is known that Pujara has played 5 ODIs for India. But he has been running out of the team for 8 years.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s bat continues, third century in 5 matches, more than 70 boundaries and strike rate
Cheteshwar Pujara’s ODI strike rate is very weak. He has scored 51 runs in 5 ODIs for Team India. Strike rate is 39. On the other hand, if you look at List-A careers, there is less here too. But in the current tournament, he has scored runs at a strike rate of 117. That is, he has completely changed his game.
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Tags: BCCI, Cheteshwar Pujara, county cricket, England, Sussex, Team India
August 23, 2022, 19:33 IST