IND vs BAN 1st Test: Cheteshwar Pujara net session: The India vs Bangladesh Test series will be a fresh opportunity for Cheteshwar Pujara to redeem himself after strings of poor scores. The pressure has been mounting on Team India’s no 3 due to a lack of runs and Cheteshwar Pujara’s career will be on the line when the IND vs BAN 1st Test gets underway on Wednesday, December 14. During India’s practice session in Chattogram on Monday, Pujara gave a glimpse of his preparations for the 1st Test. He is gearing up and getting battle ready for probably the toughest TEST of his career. Follow India vs Bangladesh and WTC 2021-23 LIVE Updates on Insidesport. IN
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Cheteshwar Pujara sweats it out in nets ahead of IND vs BAN 1st Test
In the video that has surfaced online, Virat Kohli is seen playing shot during the net session. After completing his session Kohli walked out of the nets to allowing Pujara to come and spend time at the crease. On the way both cricketers are seen sharing fist bump.
Shreyas Iyer is bowling to Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara. Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav facing net bowlers.#INDvsBangladesh #INDvsBAN #SportsYaari pic.twitter.com/50Bm26eleV
— Manoj Dimri (@manoj_dimri) December 12, 2022
Pujara even took to his social media account and shared images from the practice session. He captioned the post, “Starting Monday on the right note”. The images clearly showcases the amount of hardwork Pujara is putting to try and get back to his best form. The Test specialist is seen padded up and getting ready to bat in the nets. Post the batting session he also had fielding session in which he practiced catches .
Starting Monday on the right note. pic.twitter.com/9lJIo4epse
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) December 12, 2022
He also spent some time with coach Rahul Dravid taking tips on improving his batting form. Dravid was seen helping Pujara to tackle spinners and also how to deal with the Bangladesh pacers. Post the serious practice session Pujara had a light hearted moment posing for pictures with R Ashwin, batting coach, Vikram Rathore and other members of support staff.
Why Cheteshwar Pujara’s form is a big worry for India ?
Coming to the form, the Saurashtra player last scored his century back in 2019. Playing against Australia at Sydney cricket ground, Pujara had scored 193 runs and helped India register a famous win. The 34-year-old started the year with a poor performance with the bat during India’s tour of South Africa. He had registered scores of 0, 16, 3, 53, 43, and 9.
Following the South Africa tour, Pujara was dropped for the test series against Sri Lanka. He returned back with a bang scoring back-to-back half-centuries against England and most recently in India A’s win over Bangladesh A. The upcoming two match series against Bangladesh will be a make or break series for Pujara with the likes of Abhimanyu Easwaran and Suryakumar Yadav knocking the selectors door for a place in the test set up.
IND vs BAN 1st Test: Dinesh Karthik talks about importance of test series for Cheteshwar Pujara’s career
Pujara has a formidable record against Bangladesh, having registered four half-centuries in four innings at an average of 82. However, he is yet to find the form he known for in the past three years. India wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik in an interview has spoken about how India vs Bangladesh series will be critical for Cheteshwar Pujara’s career. Speaking to cricket platform, Karthik said “It is a critical series for Cheteshwar Pujara, I think he is someone who is obviously been around the scene for some time now.” He added, “His last year has not gone so well, but his last Test in England went well so that is good for him.”
Cheteshwar Pujara looks for redemption
The India vs Bangladesh two match Test series will be Pujara’s shot at redemption. He has always looked at Test cricket as his forte and earned his place in the team on the back of terrific performance. The competition is increasing with fresh faces emerging and knocking selectors door for a place in test set up. Even though the Saurashtra player in currently going through dip in form he has the confidence and self belief of making a grand comeback. Pujara is certain to let his bat do the talking and once again emerge as the ‘WALL’ of the Indian test team.
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