India vs Australia Test series began from December 6. Team India is trying hard to win its first ever test series in the Australian soil. India has not won any test series yet and Men in Blue are trying hard not to left any stone unturned.
Cheteshwar Pujara performed hard to let India clinch the test series for the first time. Former Australia batsman Ian Chappell compared Cheteshwar Pujara with Rahul Dravid. Pujara scored a hundred in the first innings in Adelaide in the first Test against Australia. The batsman continued to perform and scored 71 in the second innings.
Ian Chappell said that Pujara is the ideal choice for India to bat at the no. 3 position. He said, “There are two choices when selecting the type of No. 3 batsman for a top-ranked Test side. There’s the instinctive counter-attacker, who despite his aggressive nature still has the technical expertise to withstand a good spell with the new ball. The perfect example is Australia’s former batting champion Ricky Ponting,”.
Former Australia batsman said, “If that type of player isn’t available then you need someone with the patience of a fly fisherman, a brick-wall defence, and the unselfish outlook that allows him to bury his ego in order to improve the chances of success for his fellow batsmen. The prototype for this type of No. 3 is India’s Rahul Dravid. Cheteshwar Pujara isn’t quite the snug-fitting Armani suit that Dravid was at No. 3, but he’s cut from the same cloth,”.
He said, “Between his dogged defiance and their desire-to-be-dominant style of batting there is an acceptable middle ground,”.
75 years old Ian Chappell said that Pujara showed at Adelaide Oval the value of patience and persistence and a strong mindset. He further added that these qualities helped Pujara blunt the Australian attack and they should also be a lesson to his more adventurous team-mates.
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