Indian middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said that visiting teams are always under pressure playing in subcontinent conditions. The Indian team had been playing exceptionally well in red-ball cricket, especially on the home soil and it is difficult for the visiting teams to register a win against India.
Ahead of the first test in Nagpur, The 35-year-old Cheteshwar Pujara backed India’s supreme batting lineup to deliver in the highly anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 and also added that is not easy playing against Australia. Pujara on speaking to the media said:
“As a batting unit, if we put up enough runs on the board. In Indian conditions, the opposition is always under pressure. It would be nice to repeat that performance (2018-19 tour), but it is never easy when playing against the Australian team,”
The last few series between India and Australia have been very competitive and Pujara wants to perform his role to the fullest and use his experience going into the series.
“The important part here, as a player, as an individual, is that one needs to understand the responsibility and the role for the team, and I would like to play that role. I am delighted as a Test player, and if you look at the India-Australia series, the past two-three series, even the one we played in India has been competitive,” Pujara added.
Cheteshwar Pujara To Play His Historic 100th Test In Delhi Against Australia
Indian veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara will play his 100th test match against Australia in the 2nd match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy starting on February 17. Indian domestic legend has performed exceptionally well for India in red-ball cricket and had been part of many historical test wins of India on home soil and overseas.
Pujara has, so far, played 168 Test innings for India in his highly successful Test career and has amassed 7014 runs at an average of 44.39, with 19 centuries and 34 fifties with a recent century against Bangladesh. The Saurashtra batter will be one of the important batsmen in the middle order against Australia for India.