Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant’s partnership is the only positive for India in the ongoing 1st Test vs England. England batsmen dominated the first two days at Chepauk as they posted a mammoth 578-run total in the first innings. India had lost 4 wickets at the score of 73. However, Pujara and Pant’s 119-run partnership put India in the driver’s seat. The partnership ended as Pujara loses his wicket today in a very unfortunate way.
Pujara Wicket Today vs England
This all happened in the 51st over of the match. The 33-year old batsman played a pull shot off Dominic Bess’s delivery. However, the ball hit the helmet of the short-leg fielder as he tried to save himself. The ball bounced off and reached the mid-wicket fielder Rory Burns. This has to be the most unfortunate way of getting dismissed. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 73 runs before losing his wicket today vs England.
Soon Rishabh Pant too departed when he mistimed a Dominic Bess’s delivery and the ball went high up in the air. Pant fell 9 runs short of his 3rd test century. The wicket-keeper batsman scored 91 off 88 balls including 9 fours and 5 sixes. When this article was posted, hosts were playing 237 after losing 6 wickets. Currently, Virat Kohli and co are trailing by 340 runs.
Cheteshwar registered for IPL Auction
Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara has registered for the upcoming IPL auction. The test specialist said that if given chance he can do well in IPL. The base price of Pujara is 50 Lakh and it is being expected that the batsman can get a bid. IPL 2021 auction will take place in Chennai on 18 February.
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A total of 1097 players have registered for the auction, out of which 817 players are from India while 283 are overseas players. Besides Pujara, S Sreesanth and Arjun Tendulkar will be players to look out for on 19 February. Sreesanth eying an IPL contract after more than 7 years while it will be Arjun’s debut in the auction.