If Cheteshwar Pujara returns to Test, then this young player will have to sacrifice his place, he is being considered as the next captain of India

• Indian team’s veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara can once again return to Team India. The selectors can sacrifice the place of this young player for him.

Cheteshwar Pujara: Cheteshwar Pujara, popularly known as The Wall, has once again staked a claim to return to Team India. Veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is performing very well in domestic cricket. Pujara (Cheteshwar Pujara), who plays for Saurashtra, has scored more than 400 runs in 9 innings of 7 matches in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 at an average of over 44, in which he has scored 1 century and a half-century so far. Based on this performance, he may return to the team, then a young player may have to sacrifice his place.

This player’s card will be cut

Young opener Shubman Gill, who is considered to be the frontrunner in the race for the next captain of Team India, may be dropped from the Test team. Shubman Gill bats at number three in the Test format for India, but the special thing is that before him this position was held by Cheteshwar Pujara.

But Shubman Gill was given a chance in place of Pujara, who played his last Test against Australia in 2023, but till now he has not been able to play any big innings at this position. Shubman has played 17 Test matches for India, in which he scored only 1019 runs in 30 innings with an average of 37.74. He has scored three centuries and three half-centuries at this number.

Pujara’s figures are amazing

Cheteshwar Pujara has played 94 Tests at number three for India, in which he has scored 6529 runs in 155 innings with a strong average of 44.41. Pujara has scored 18 centuries and 32 half-centuries for India at this position. But Pujara scored 181 runs in 8 innings of five Tests for India in the year 2023 at an average of just 25.85, due to which he was dropped from the team.

He was successful in scoring only one half-century in these 8 innings, due to which the selectors showed Pujara the way out of Team India. Let us tell you that Pujara (Cheteshwar Pujara) has played a total of 103 Tests for India, in which he has scored 7195 runs in 176 innings at an impressive average of 43.60, in which he has scored 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries.

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