New Delhi. The next 3 months are very important for Team India. Apart from the Asia Cup, the team will also participate in the ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, the 17-member squad for the Asia Cup has been announced. Along with this, veteran cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has been dropped from the Indian Test team. However, he hopes he can still do more for the team. The 35-year-old Pujara has played 103 Tests and 5 ODIs for Team India so far. Which means he has a lot of experience. He last played the final of the World Test Championship against Australia. He could not play a big innings in the match. Pujara has scored 60 centuries in first class cricket.
Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara said on The Final Word Podcast that my career has had many ups and downs over the past few years. It tests you as a player, because after playing more than 90 Test matches, even when I was dropped, I had to prove myself. He said that proving himself after playing for a long time is a different challenge in itself. Pujara is currently playing for the county team Sussex and has also scored a century in the ODI tournament.
The ego hurts
Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 19 centuries in Test cricket and 60 centuries in first-class cricket, said that sometimes after being dropped from the team, your ego hurts because you were doubted even after being successful at the international level for so many years. . to go You have to prove yourself over and over again. It is very painful. It is known that Team India has managed to win 23 out of 34 Tests in which Pujara has scored more than 70 runs in an innings. Meanwhile, the team has lost only 6 Tests.
I have yet to contribute
Chejeshwar Pujara said I tell myself I know what I am. I know what I have contributed to Indian cricket and I still have a lot to contribute. I was given an interesting statistic a while ago. I was told that whenever I scored more than 70 or 80 runs for the Indian team, the team won about 80 percent of the matches. So I know that if I score runs for the Indian team, we will win most of the times.
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Cheteshwar Pujara said that I have come under pressure many times in my career. When I lost my place in the team, but you just try to play for the team. You don’t try to play for your position. He said it can be easily understood this way. If you play for your position, you are a selfish cricketer who only stays in the playing-11 but does not contribute to the team. Pujara said that I am a person who thinks that I have to do well to win matches for the Indian team. Don’t just try to be part of the playing-11. If you want to stay in the team, you have to perform well.
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Tags: Cheteshwar Pujara, Team India
First published: August 22, 2023, 13:11 IST