India Tour of England: India Squad for Test against England – Playing in the English county championship has done wonders for Cheteshwar Pujara as he has found his place back in the Indian team. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the national squad for the postponed Test match against England, and quite unsurprisingly, Pujara has been named in the squad. Follow live India Tour of England updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Notably, Pujara was a vital cog in the Indian Test team until he experienced a slump last year. Subsequently, he was axed from the team for India’s last Test series against Sri Lanka, and it seemed that Pujara’s time in Tests for India might be as good as over.
India Tour of England: Cheteshwar Pujara EARNS his place back in Indian Test team, County stint does WONDERS – Check OUT
However, the 34-year-old has made a fantastic comeback, thanks to his performance in the English county championship. Pujara went to play for Sussex in Division 2 of the competition, where he scored 720 runs in five matches at an excellent average of 120. He scored four centuries for Sussex, two of which happen to be double-centuries.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s scores for Sussex:
3 vs Leicestershire
16 & 170* vs Middlesex
203 vs Durham
109 & 12 vs Worcestershire
6 & 201* vs Derbyshire
India Tour of England: Cheteshwar Pujara EARNS his place back in Indian Test team, County stint does WONDERS – Check OUT
Meanwhile, though he has found his place back in the team, Pujara will now need to deliver. In his last twelve Test innings for India, the batter from Saurashtra has been dismissed for single-digit scores on 8 occasions, and this could be the last chance for him to nail his place in the team. Meanwhile, the pending Test match will be played from 1st July at Birmingham.
India Squad for Test vs England:
Rohit Sharma (Capt), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
India Tour of England: Cheteshwar Pujara EARNS his place back in Indian Test team, County stint does WONDERS – Check OUT
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