Cheteshwar Pujara, who is called the second wall of the Indian Test cricket team after Rahul Dravid, has recently said goodbye to all formats of cricket. On August 24, Pujara announced his retirement from cricket through a social media post.
However, Pujara, who has played 103 Test matches for the Indian cricket team, scored runs against every bowler and everywhere. But during his cricket career, like other cricketers, he also had trouble facing some bowlers. At the same time, in a recent media interview, Pujara has told about those four bowlers, whom he had trouble facing.
Pujara finds it difficult to play 4 bowlers
- Dale Steyn
- Morne Morkel
- James Anderson
- Pat Cummins
Let us tell you that Cheteshwar Pujara, who recently said goodbye to international cricket, said in an interview to the Times of India – During my Test career, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, James Anderson and Pat Cummins have been the most challenging bowlers.
It is worth noting that Pujara did not play much cricket against Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, but on the England and Australia tour, he faced James Anderson and Pat Cummins bravely. Cummins has dismissed Pujara a total of 8 times in Test cricket.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s cricket career
If we tell you about the cricket career of Cheteshwar Pujara, who represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket, he is at number 8 in the list of highest run-scorers for India in Test cricket.
Pujara, who made his debut for India against Australia at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in 2010, scored a total of 7195 runs in 103 Test matches played at an average of 43.61. During this, 35 half-centuries, 19 centuries and 3 double centuries came from Pujara’s bat. Along with this, Pujara also played 5 ODIs for India, in which he could score only 51 runs.
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