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Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden stated that the hosts will want quite a lot of caffeine to look at India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara bat towards them within the upcoming Test sequence, commencing on Thursday. Pujara performed a vital position in India’s 2-1 Test sequence win over Australia through the 2018-19 tour. This was the primary time that India gained a Test sequence Down Under. The right-handed batsman has not performed any Test since getting back from New Zealand in March this 12 months. However, he performed the primary tour-game towards Australia A and scored a half-century within the first innings. Pujara’s exploits within the final tour has not been forgotten as he collected 521 runs together with three tons within the four-match Test sequence.
Speaking on Star Sports present GAME PLAN, Hayden stated, “As you know Australians love to drink coffee, and we have decided to go on a little campaign to make sure we have plenty of caffeine when it comes to watching Pujara bat. But, you know what the reality is, he hurt us badly. We are of a generation now where we are admiring people for their strike play, we are admiring people for their strike rate. Well, he is one of the few guys in Test cricket that have a strike rate of sub 45 and he can hurt you.”
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels that Pujara’s lack of match observe won’t make any distinction as he’s a ”mentally robust” batsman who likes to spend time on the crease.
“Out of 20 days of Test cricket that we have ahead of us, we are really happy to have him bat for 15 days, there is no question about it. Whether he has played any cricket or not, I don’t think it’s going to make any difference because he is so strong mentally, that he will be…. he loves batting, he loves being at the crease, he loves wearing the bowlers down. In the last two years, he has also improved his strokes and range of shots,” he stated.
India skipper Virat Kohli will likely be taking part in simply the primary Test towards Australia, as he’ll return house after being granted paternity depart by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
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The first Test of the four-match sequence, starting on December 17, will likely be performed on the Adelaide Oval and it could be a day-night contest. Australia has the best-record in day-night Tests because the aspect has not misplaced a single match that has been performed with the pink ball.
Australia had gained the ODI sequence whereas the Men in Blue walked away with the honours within the T20I sequence.
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