During the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Pujara faced a total of 928 balls — the fifth-most by a visiting batsman in Australia in four or fewer Tests.
Cheteshwar Pujara on Monday turned 33 and his teammates, including Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, led the pouring in of wishes for India's Test batting mainstay.
During the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Pujara faced a total of 928 balls — the fifth-most by a visiting batsman in Australia in four or fewer Tests.
He scored 271 runs at a strike rate of 33.88, with the help of 29 fours and played a key role in India's remarkable Test series victory, which included a historic win at the Gabba in Brisbane. As India chased down 328 in the final innings, Pujara endured as many as 11 blows but put up a "great wall" against the Aussie onslaught.
Happy birthday pujji @cheteshwar1. Wish you good health, happiness and more hours at the crease . Have a great year ahead.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 25, 2021
He takes body blows
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 25, 2021
Grinds it out in the middle
Braves it all & stands tall
81 Tests
6111 runs
13572 balls faced
18 hundreds
Here's wishing #TeamIndia's Mr. Dependable @cheteshwar1 a very happy birthday
Let's relive one of his fine tons against Sri Lanka
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— ICC (@ICC) January 25, 2021
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One of the grittiest batters in the game! pic.twitter.com/mGYnkpn0Lq
Many more happy returns of the day Rock of Gibraltar ???????????? @cheteshwar1 , can’t thank you enough for being my bunny though. pic.twitter.com/0LF6WlLJcl
— Ashwin ???????? (@ashwinravi99) January 25, 2021
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