“Pujara is done and dusted” – Twitteratis Slam Cheteshwar Pujara After His Another Failure Against England In The Fifth Test
Cheteshwar Pujara (Image Source: Twitter)
The Indian Test Team is now busy playing the fifth, rescheduled Test match against England in Birmingham. After this match got canceled last year due to the Covid-19 outbreak, it has been rescheduled this year. Ahead of this series, India announced a strong squad as all big names like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Cheteshwar Pujara made a comeback.
This series is crucial for India as avoiding a loss in this match will help India to win a series on English soil. India is already leading the series at a margin of 2-1 from the last year. In this series, Pujara scored 227 runs in the eighth innings, including two fifties.
Before this series, players like Rohit and Virat were given rest ahead of the South Africa series at home. On the other hand, Pujara was busy playing the county season in England. He was in great form as he scored 672 runs from seven innings at an average of 134.40. He was playing for Sussex in the county. Hence, before this England series, fans had high hopes for Pujara coming into this match.
Now, speaking of the match, Rohit Sharma missed it as he tested Covid-19 positive during the four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire. Hence, Pujara was given the opportunity to open the innings with Shubman Gill. But, the plan did not go well for the Team as he got out for 13 runs only off 46 balls. After playing so many balls and getting set, he threw his wicket again to James Anderson. However, this incident did not go well for the fans as they started to blame him and his selection in the Team on social media platforms.
As of now, India is in a spot of bother as they managed only 86 runs in 26 overs by losing four top wickets. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer are in the crease with a motive to build a partnership.
Here is how Twitter has reacted to Pujara’s dismissal:
https://twitter.com/DelhiCapitals/status/1542819993653366785
I have lost count how many times Pujara has been dismissed in same way in last few years !!
— Abhinandan (@Abhinandan673) July 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/CricRicky/status/1542825346604867584
https://twitter.com/SushantNMehta/status/1542824978441048064
James Anderson gets both the Indian openers – Pujara & Gill – India 46 for 2.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 1, 2022
Numerous times Bhai but people say ke woh team me hona chahiye what a joke i am absolutely agree with @WeirdlyGripping he says no puji & KS should be in the team
— Amarjeet Singh (@nimrit2012) July 1, 2022
Pujara 1st innings scores this series
4
9
1
4
13
He was dismissed by Anderson in each of these five
innings. #ENGvsIND #pujara pic.twitter.com/AYfSp5Zo1D— CRICKET (@cric8addictyash) July 1, 2022
@BCCI How long Pujara will be burden on team after constant poor performance by him. He seems to be very very influential person that no one dares to drop him. Really appreciate. Go ahead. Keep him in Indian team till he attends his age 75. Hats off to committee
— Indian2020 (@Indian202013) July 1, 2022
Pujara is done and dusted.
— MayilaiMadhu (@Mayilaimadhu) July 1, 2022
