- Team India: The Indian team (Team India) was all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the Test series against New Zealand at home ground. After this poor performance, India is being criticized everywhere.
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Team India: The Indian team was all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the Test series against New Zealand at home ground. After this poor performance, India is being criticized everywhere. Along with this, India’s big weaknesses have been exposed, which came to light on a large scale. In such a situation, if Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir have to remove that weakness of Team India and make the team better, then the return of a senior player is very important. Otherwise, India can get similar wounds on the Australia tour as well. Let’s understand the whole matter.
The return of this senior player is necessary for the betterment of Team India
The return of this senior player is necessary for the betterment of Team India
It is known that India has to play a five-match Test series from 22 November to 3 January on the Australia tour. Before this Test series, New Zealand exposed the biggest shortcoming of Team India in the first match. That is stability, discipline and patience. Cheteshwar Pujara has been doing this work for India for years. Let us tell you that Pujara has been playing in the Indian team since the retirement of Rahul Dravid. But after the 2023 WTC, he was dropped from the team.
Why is Cheteshwar Pujara important
After Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped from the team, Shubman Gill got a chance at number three in Team India.
After Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped from the team, Shubman Gill got a chance at number three in Team India. But here Gill did not prove to be very effective for India, when India’s batting looked poor against New Zealand. Then everyone started missing Pujara. Because he has scored runs for India many times in such situations. Let us tell you that Pujara is known for his disciplined batting and patience. He has scored runs for India in SENA countries many times when the batting has collapsed.
Pujara’s performance has been like this so far
This is the reason why Team India needs a disciplined batsman like Cheteshwar Pujara before the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Because Pujara played a big role in India’s victory on the last two Australia tours. In such a situation, if Team India does not go with Pujara on the Australia tour, it will be a big risk. Talking about the international career of the 35-year-old player, he has scored 7195 runs in 103 Test matches for India at an average of 43.60, which includes 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries.