Penn gave a big statement, said- Not Pant but this player played an important role in making India win the BGT 2020-21.
Former Australia captain Tim Paine recently praised the performance of Cheteshwar Pujara in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21. Notably, India managed to defeat Australia 2–1 despite missing several players due to injuries during the four matches.
Tim Paine said, “From what I remember, a lot of people talked about Rishabh Pant in the last series in Australia, but the guy who won them the series was Pujara. He tired us out, he made our fast bowlers tired.” Got tired. He keeps getting hit, but there is still a place for him in Test cricket.”
Pujara was the second-highest run-scorer for India in the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, scoring 271 runs in four matches at an average of 33.87 and a strike rate of 29.20 with three half-centuries. The Indian star stood like a rock at the crease for his team and faced 928 balls.
Right-handed batsman Pujara has performed well in the ongoing Ranji Trophy but still he was not selected for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Talking about Pujara's Test career, he has scored 7195 runs in 103 matches at an average of 43.61. During this period, he has scored 19 centuries, 3 double centuries and 34 half-centuries.
The first match of the Test series between India and Australia will be played in Perth from 22nd November, the second match in Adelaide from 6th December and the third Test match will be played in Brisbane from 14th December. The fourth match will be played in Melbourne from 26 December and the last match will be played in Sydney from 3 January.
India's squad for Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj. , Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.
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