Australia vs India 2018-19: Twitter Hails Cheteshwar Pujara For Fighting Ton In Adelaide
Dec 8, 2018 at 1:55 PM
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a stunning ton to revive India’s innings in the ongoing first Test against Australia at Adelaide.
Cheteshwar Pujara once again proved his worth in gold by scoring one of the best centuries of his Test career so far. The right-handed batsman walked in to bat pretty early in the innings after Josh Hazlewood sent back KL Rahul for just 2. To make matters worse, he ran out of partners at regular intervals.
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The likes of Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant failed to stay for long as India found themselves in big trouble. At one stage, India were reeling at 41 for 4. Pujara and Rohit then added 45 runs for the fifth wicket to stop the rot for a while. But Rohit departed at a precarious time and Pant also failed to provide much support to Pujara.
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However, the Saurashtra star held firm from one end and shared crucial stands with the tail-enders to reach his 16th Test century. He added 62 runs with R Ashwin before Pat Cummins dismissed the latter for 25. Pujara and Ishant Sharma then took the score past the 200-run mark.
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The duo added 21 runs before Mitchell Starc cleaned up Sharma. At that stage, it looked like Pujara would run out of partners. However, a six and a four off Hazlewood took him to 99 before a couple helped him score a memorable century. It was his first ton in Australia. During the course of the knock, he also scored his 5000th Test run, thus becoming only the 12th Indian to achieve the feat.
His memorable knock, however, ended in a disappointing manner as he was run out for 123. But the crucial ton helped India recover and finish the day on a respectable 250 for 9.
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Meanwhile, Twitter was quick to praise Pujara for the knock. Here are some of the reactions:
Wonderful wonderful innings from Cheteshwar Pujara. Classy, resilient, tenacious….all these old-world virtues. This was the gold standard of test match batting.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 6, 2018
Rahul Dravid reached 5000 runs in 108 Test innings…
Cheteshwar Pujara reaches 5000 runs in 108 Test innings…
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) December 6, 2018
What a fine knock from Cheteshwar Pujara as he rescues India from muddy waters. Typical old fashion Test batting from the most underrated Indian batsman. He knew his strengths and worked the ball with guile to get his runs. Fine knock to keep India in the hunt. #AUSvIND
— Gautam Chauhan🏏 (@Gautamchauhan2) December 6, 2018
Cheteshwar Pujara shows what "intent" is all about. #AUSvIND
— Sandipan Banerjee (@im_sandipan) December 6, 2018
16th test 💯 for @cheteshwar1 ,
3rd vs @CAComms,
1st in Australia,
7th away from 🇮🇳,
3rd in this year,
11th under #ViratKohli,
46th in First-class cricket #AUSvIND #CheteshwarPujara pic.twitter.com/EIlWFF3HO8— Akhil Gupta 🏏 (@Guptastats92) December 6, 2018
Unflinching and unflagging. Steadfast and resolute. Endless reservoirs of self belief and indefatigable patience. In short, a top knock from #Pujara #AUSvIND
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) December 6, 2018
Better to score a tad slow than throwing wicket away like others. Pujara has the best & most consistent Test record by any batsman in Asia (Minimum 3000 runs). Has whipped up tons in England, Aus & SA. Bailed team out on many occasions. Deserves some credit & props #AUSvIND https://t.co/KgtKWR5HBm
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) December 6, 2018
Run out unfortunately but @cheteshwar1’s virtuosity and diligence has given India’s bowlers something to defend. Par first innings score would have been approx 400, but after the horrid start – 41-4 at one stage – 250-9 at close is monumental recovery
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 6, 2018
Rohit Sharma should learn from Cheteshwar Pujara when to play a test inning in test match and a T-20 inning in test match.#AUSvIND
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 6, 2018
Pujara's innings today:
0-40 runs : Dravid
40-80 runs : Sachin
80-120 runs : Sehwagpoora bachpan yaad dila diya. #AusvInd
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) December 6, 2018
Ye nahi hilega 🤣🤣#AUSvIND #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/NncyB2Xt9n
— Sachya (@sachya2002) December 6, 2018
Oh Pujara is so slow… Has taken 230 balls to reach a hundred. Adds noo value to the team. Must be axed. Have some so-called "cricket experts" tweeted that yet? #Bunkum
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) December 6, 2018
#AUSvIND
Dressing room scenes pic.twitter.com/oj2qrGB5n8— Dr Gill (@ikpsgill1) December 6, 2018
waiting for Oxford English dictionary to replace the word " Patience" with Cheteshwar Pujara.#AUSvIND
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) December 6, 2018
Not the first time a gutsy Indian three has led India’s recovery at the Adelaide Oval. Standing ovation @cheteshwar1 – A knock that’ll headline your career for years to come. #AusvInd #CheteshwarPujara
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) December 6, 2018
Sterling century by @cheteshwar1, among the best he’s played as also among the best by an Indian batsman in Australia. Heavy duty concentration, application and commitment in stark contrast to the airy-fairy profligacy of the others. Kudos! #PujaraCentury #IndiavsAus
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 6, 2018