Australia vs India 2018: Twitter Lauds Cheteshwar Pujara's Run-Feast in Adelaide

The one man who called the shots at the Adelaide Oval is Cheteshwar Puajra. The Indian No.3 was at his best and made a huge impact in the ongoing Test, although he consumed more than 200 balls in each innings of the Test. However, Pujara followed up his masterful 123 in the first innings with a gritty 71 in the second. Meanwhile, the likes of Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins struggled to find the edge and kept on grinding on day three and four.

Cheteshwar Pujara bats India out of trouble

In the first innings, India was struggling before Pujara came to their rescue. He was the only century-maker from India, the next best being 37 by Rohit Sharma. 

Meanwhile, India’s number three batted at a strike rate of 50 which is considerably good on a slow Adelaide track. India were bowled out for 250 and then took a slender lead of 15 runs by stopping the Aussies. The visitors needed someone to deliver in the second innings, and it was again Pujara who turned out to be the centre-man.

India in the driving seat

“To be honest, we should have batted better but they also bowled well in the first two sessions, and I knew that I had to stay patient and wait for the loose balls,” Pujara said. “They bowled in the right areas. I also felt that our top order should have batted better, but they will learn from the mistakes and put up a better show in the second innings,” he said post the marathon stay at the crease on Day 2.

Meanwhile, Pujara has time and again bailed India out of trouble. He once again showed his value in the Indian line-up. The way he holds up one end and helps the ball lose it shine is a critical job which he does quite eagerly. The internet reacted to Pujara’s knocks, and this is what they have to say;

This has been an outstanding, heartwarming innings from Pujara. If India go on to win this, the fans must remember this for a long time.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 9, 2018

#Pujara has batted nearly 8 hours in this innings. That's Rohit Sharma's entire test career..#AUSvIND

— ચિ૨ાગ (@chirag_rachchh) December 6, 2018

According to CricViz Fielding Impact—which considers the difficulty of the event & the batsman dismissed—Khawaja's catch to dismiss Kohli was worth +33.75 runs and Cummins' run out of Pujara was worth +31.43 runs. That's +65 runs earned with two fielding events alone. #AUSvIND

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) December 6, 2018

https://twitter.com/BollywoodGandu/status/1070579327283060736

https://twitter.com/s_a_m_a_r_5/status/1071594134572433408

https://twitter.com/histephenson007/status/1071594024186765314

Top Notch from Pujara. Grit and determination displayed to the fullest along with lots of patience. Very happy he does not play @IPL https://t.co/1jQkKGyZJj

— Rohan Karkhanis▶️ (@RohanKarkhanis) December 9, 2018

https://twitter.com/ICC_POWER/status/1071593508790767616

Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 2️⃣0️⃣th Test Half Century. CONGRATULATIONS ! This man Deserves much more.. #CheteshwarPujara @cheteshwar1 @BCCI @ICC #AUSvIND

— Kunal Roy ? (@SchmitzForever) December 9, 2018

The Early morning wicket #Pujara ,,@cheteshwar1 OUT c Finch b Lyon ? 71(204) 0x6 9×4
Ind 234/4 88.0 Ov
Aus 235/10 98.4 Ov
Ind 250/10 88.0 Ov
Rahane 42(100)
India leads by: 249@BCCI #INDvAUS #TeamIndia #lunchtime ?? pic.twitter.com/BuaAcrk342

— KL Rahul ™ Fans club (@KLrahul_) December 9, 2018

Pujara bats like Hazare, Merchant, Manjrekar, Gavaskar, and Dravid. Kohli (who scored two centuries in Adelaide in 2014) bats like CK Nayudu, Umrigar, Tendulkar, and Sehwag. Two Great Traditions of Indian batsmanship, the carefully classical and the devastatingly dashing. https://t.co/pi4acspPBD

— Ramachandra Guha (@Ram_Guha) December 9, 2018

The ease with which India batted today was set on last evening by the hard work of Kohli- pujara . Amazing team effort . Top five have performed ! #AUSvsIND @bhogleharsha @cricketaakash

— lensen dsouza (@lensen_rapper) December 9, 2018

Why Pujara is India's ideal No. 3., "patience of a fly fisherman, a brick-wall defence, and the unselfish outlook that allows him to bury his ego in order to improve the chances of success for his fellow batsmen." – Ian Chappel. https://t.co/0VRFlUC0wP

— Kunal Kar (@kar_kunal) December 9, 2018

This Pujara is something else man.The way he played Lyon was fantastic.

— Mohit Singh ? (@im_ms_) December 9, 2018

https://twitter.com/Joker_Krishna/status/1071592892999725056

Pujara has Far too many similarities with dravid this match, equal no. Of innings to reach 5000 test runs!
Mother of coincidence

— Arjav Mehta (@arjavmehta98) December 9, 2018