Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Rishabh Pant (left) with Cheteshwar Pujara.
Cheteshwar Pujara was hit on his ribs, shoulder, finger, and helmet (twice to this point) all through Day 5 of the Brisbane Test, and he remained unfazed by all of the physique blows. The gritty Indian batsman put up a present which so summarises the Indian group on the tour of Australia.
Pujara sustained the short-ball barrage from Australian bowlers — Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood specifically on the ultimate day of the Test at The Gabba as India chased down 328 to safe a 2-1 win within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
His innings definitely earned him plenty of admirers in India and around the globe, together with teammate Rishabh Pant, who took India previous the successful line with a fluent 89* knock on the day. Pant, in reality, admitted that it was Pujara who was like an inspiration to him together with his gritty innings that pushed him to present greater than his 100 per cent whereas chasing the difficult complete.
“Puji bhai was standing there after getting hit some 10 times and still giving his 200 percent. That inspired me. That inspired all of us,” Pant advised Hindustan Times. “He was so determined to make his team win, that’s the team culture we want to build. Only then special things happen, when you keep the team first.”
Pant additional stated that from the second he walked into bat, he knew that he’s taking part in for a win and nothing else.
“From when I walked out to bat in Brisbane, it was already in my head that we had to win the match. I never gave a second thought for a draw,” stated Pant. “I was trying to keep us, as a team, in the game for as long as possible. Puji bhai and I had short targets in mind – 15-20 runs here and there and play till the end of the session and things like that.”
