India-Australia

Indoor: The six hit by Cheteshwar Pujara while batting against Australia on the second day of the indoor cricket test was a big talk. When Pujara and Aksar, who were defending for the loss of seven wickets, were struggling to score runs, Pujara unexpectedly jumped out of the crease and hit Nathan Lyon for a six. Shortly before that, the video footage of Rohit Sharma sitting in the dressing room after watching Pujara and Akshar’s ‘Muttikali’ and expressing his displeasure and calling Ishan Kishan and asking them to hit runs was released.

Former players including Harbhajan Singh criticized Rohit Pujara for asking him to score runs. The media asked Rohit what message he gave to Pujara on the second day after the defeat in the indoor Test. But Rohit told the media that what he said to Pujara was purely personal and had nothing to do with the game. I would have told you if there were any tactical matters related to the game. Rohit said that it is a completely personal matter.

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Rohit orders and Pujara delivers.
# Kheer mange to kheer denge.
# Six Mangoge Tho Six Denge.

Delivery faster than pic.twitter.com/8ZiEu4nQZI

Jaipal Reddy (@zaipalreddy)

Rohit said that someone needs to play aggressive innings like Shreyas Iyer played on pitches like Indoors, and even if the guy doesn’t score a hundred, such short innings can make a big difference in the game. Shreyas played an excellent innings. But unfortunately, Usman Khawaja got out in a fantastic catch. But Rohit said that such innings were needed.

In the first innings of the indoor cricket test, India were bowled out for 109 runs while Australia were bowled out for 197 runs. India, who failed to shine in the second innings too, were bowled out for 167 runs as the Aussies chased down the target of 76 runs for the loss of one wicket in the first session on the third day.

Last Updated Mar 3, 2023, 4:31 PM IST