Pujara’s form was one of the concerns for the management but with gritty 91 and 61 in the third and fourth Tests respectively, the right-handed batter, for the time being, has managed to silence his critics.

But his knock also had few interruptions as the medical team had to intervene when Pujara twisted his ankle. There was a delay in play for few minutes as his ankle was being heavily taped. But luckily for India, the batter was up and running and seemed in no pain whatsoever.

Cricketer-turned-expert Michael Vaughan, who closely watched the whole episode unfold, feels Pujara has many traits similar to former Pakistan batter Inzamam-ul-Haq. “From knowing Pujara a bit from his time at Yorkshire, he’s a bit like me and I wouldn’t say that fielding is high up on his list of priorities. It’ll be an injury in that ankle that if there’s any prospect of him taking a bit of time off the field, he will take it. There’s a few around who used to be like that, Inzamam is one who comes to mind,” Vaughan said on the BBC Test Match Special.

Back in 2019, Rohit Sharma’s Test career was in the doldrums after he failed to score runs in the middle-order following his debut in 2013. But after he was sent to open the batting against South Africa, his career in the longer format took a turn. Two years later, the 34-year-old Rohit has been able to translate his ODI and T20I form into Test cricket as well.

On Saturday, the Nagpur-born notched his maiden overseas Test ton after he scored 127 in India’s second innings of their fourth Test against England at the Kennington Oval in London. Speaking on opening the batting in Test cricket, Rohit said that it was a big risk he took two years ago. The veteran mentioned that he was at a ‘make-or-break’ stage in his Test career.

Here are the top news of the day. #Cricket #CheteshwarPujara #ENGvIND

This video contains
Cricket News
Cheteshwar Pujara News
Jasprit Bumrah News
Indian .