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Cheteshwar Pujara
Rated highly for his impeccable skills and unmatched determination - Cheteshwar Pujara is the backbone of Indian batting line-up when it comes to cricket's purest format. Since his debut in red ball cricket in 2010 versus Australia, the Rajkot-born batsman as grown leaps and bounds as his career progressed. With his outstanding technique and ability to bat for long hours without losing concentration, Pujara has been a thorn in the flesh of oppositions. With an impressive career average of more than 50 in Test cricket, Pujara is presently rated among the best number three batsmen in the world while playing in whites. Mostly compared with Rahul Dravid for his sheer sense of determination and will power to bat for long hours without breaking any sweat, Pujara has carved a niche for himself in the cricketing world. Despite being picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders in the first edition of Indian Premier League (2008), Pujara never managed to leave a mark in white ball cricket and largely due to his reputation as an exclusive Test player. After a forgettable tour to England in 2014/15, the right-handed batsman spent some extended sessions in English County cirucit with teams - Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. Major teams: India, Derbyshire, India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Saurashtra, Saurashtra Under-16s, Saurashtra Under-19s, Yorkshire Playing role: Top-order batsman Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Legbreak
Cheteshwar Pujara
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Current Indian bowling attack can take 20 wickets in every Test, feels former captain Rahul Dravid
Cricket | Dec 29, 2018, 11:02 PM ISTDravid also lauded Cheteshwar Pujara for his brilliant form in the ongoing series against Australia.
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'It hurts but it's beyond our control': Bharat Arun replies to Kerry O'Keefe's unsavoury on-air comments
Cricket | Dec 29, 2018, 08:58 PM ISTHe also ruled out the possibility of the team lodging an official complaint against O'Keefe.
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If you can't learn from watching Kohli bat, then you are in the wrong space: Australian batting coach Graeme Hick
Cricket | Dec 29, 2018, 06:41 PM ISTHick stressed the need to develop awareness of the game and gave the example of Kohli's first innings 204-ball 82-run knock.
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India vs Australia: Kerry O'Keefe is at it again, this time makes fun of Pujara and Jadeja's names
Cricket | Dec 29, 2018, 02:37 PM ISTKerry O'Keefe, who is commentating for Fox Cricket in Australia, was having a difficulty at pronouncing the names of Pujara and Jadeja.
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India vs Australia: Ricky Ponting questions Pujara's scoring rate, says 'it can cost India the match'
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 05:57 PM IST"I think it's always hard for India to push the run rate along when Pujara's there," Ponting added.
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Don't need to silence anyone when I play international cricket, asserts centurion Cheteshwar Pujara
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 05:17 PM ISTPujara termed Melbourne hundred as an "important knock" while rating the Adelaide ton as a "special knock".
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India vs Australia: Won't be easy for Australia to bat on this MCG pitch, says Cheteshwar Pujara
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 04:36 PM ISTPujara admitted that the pitch is extremely difficult to bat on and the runs put on board is good enough to challenge Australia.
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India vs Australia, 3rd Test: All three results still possible, says an optimistic but tired Aaron Finch
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 05:25 PM ISTFinch said that he wasn't surprised after India declared with 25 minutes remaining in the day.
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India vs Australia, 3rd Test: Pujara's 17th ton, Kohli and Rohit fifties put India in command
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 01:29 PM ISTCheteshwar Pujara produced yet another classy hundred and combined with captain Virat Kohli (82) to put India in command on the second day of the third Test against Australia.
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India vs Australia, 3rd Test: Pujara surpasses Ganguly, equals Laxman with 17th ton
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 09:16 AM ISTCheteshwar Pujara's century, which came off 280 balls, was all about patience. He is the fifth Indian batsman to score a Boxing Day Test hundred.
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Boxing Day Test, Day 2 Highlights: Australia trail by 435 runs after India declare at 443/7
Cricket | Dec 27, 2018, 01:29 PM ISTIndia vs Australia, 3rd Test: Hosts Australia were 8/0 at stumps, trailing India (443/7 decl) in the first innings at the end of day two in Melbourne.
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Boxing Day Test, Day 1: Pujara-Kohli partnership gives India control after Mayank's debut fifty
Cricket | Dec 26, 2018, 01:14 PM ISTDebutant Mayank Agarwal provided the base with a confident 76 before Kohli and Pujara steered India to a solid 215/2 on Day 1 at MCG.
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Test specialists like Rahane might play for India A against England Lions
Cricket | Dec 22, 2018, 08:41 PM ISTOnce India finish their Test engagements against Australia, they will next play the five-day format in July, 2019 against the West Indies in a two-Test series as part of the World Test Championship.
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India vs Australia: Cheteshwar Pujara is the glue that holds India together, says Josh Hazlewood
Cricket | Dec 17, 2018, 06:37 PM ISTAustralia were on course for a series-levelling win after reducing India to 112-5 at stumps on day four.
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Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 1: Head, Harris fifties leave India reeling in Perth
Cricket | Dec 14, 2018, 04:09 PM ISTHanuma Vihari and Ishant Sharma were the picks of the bowlers for India by taking two wickets each on the first Day of Perth Test.
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India vs Australia: Lessons from Adelaide for Virat Kohli and his men
Cricket | Dec 11, 2018, 08:44 AM ISTThere is no doubt that Virat Kohli and Co. have every right to revel in their hard-fought triumph, a few headaches persist even after the fabulous win.
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Stay longer at the crease to frustrate Australia in next Test: Virat Kohli's advice to Indian batsmen
Cricket | Dec 10, 2018, 06:43 PM ISTIndia, who claimed the opening Test by 31 runs, were 86 for 5 in the first innings before Cheteshwar Pujara's gritty 123 helped the visitors post 250.
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Stat Attack: Virat Kohli the Asian pioneer, Cheteshwar Pujara the lone wolf as records tumble in Adelaide
Cricket | Dec 10, 2018, 06:14 PM ISTIt seems like India have slowly acquired the status of choking teams to death in their last innings.
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1st Test: Tim Paine 'shattered' after loss to India, singles out Pujara as difference
Cricket | Dec 10, 2018, 11:45 AM ISTThe Aussie captain singled out Cheteshwar Pujara as the difference between the two sides. The Saurashtrian scored his maiden ton on Australia soil, his 15th Test century.
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1st Test, Day 4: We expected more from our lower-order, concedes assistant coach Sanjay Bangar
Cricket | Dec 09, 2018, 04:14 PM ISTThe visitors lost their last seven wickets for 73 runs, and the last five for 25 runs, as they were bowled out for 307 runs in the second innings.