Cheteshwar Pujara Has Set The Benchmark For Youngsters - Shubman Gill

Yet again Cheteshwar Pujara finds a place in the headlines. His exceptional knocks in the recently concluded Test series against Australia is still the fresh topic to talk about in the Indian cricket. The latest to express praises on the stalwart player of India is the young Shubman Gill, who is knocking the doors of selectors on a regular basis.

Pujara was in a great form throughout the series in Australia. He ended up being the leading run-scorer of the series with 521 runs to his name. Cheteshwar also bagged three centuries to his name by breaking the record for most number of deliveries faced by an Indian batsman in Australia.

There is a lot to learn from Cheteshwar Pujara – Shubman Gill

The youngster quoted that scoring 500 runs might look possible. But, playing top-class Australian bowlers for over 1200 balls in a series seems like a tough target to achieve. Further, he believes that there is a lot to learn from the number 3 batsman of India in Test.

He showered words of praise by saying that we hardly come across a batsman, who can defend all the day nicely and walk back unbeaten in the current generation. He wants to take that quality from the modern day masterful batsman.

“There are very few batsmen who can bat through the day and look to play out the balls. He (Pujara) played over 1200 balls in one tour, which is really phenomenal. To score 500 runs in a tour looks possible. But to face so many deliveries is setting a benchmark for the youngsters,” Gill told reporters on the sidelines of a Ranji Trophy match.

“There is a lot to learn seeing the way Cheteshwar Pujara bats, his patience at the crease. Australia had the world’s top bowlers and to score against them on those tough pitches is phenomenal. I love watching him bat. Nowadays the batsmen look to score quick runs,” he added.

Coming to Gill, he is in ominous form in the ongoing Ranji Trophy. He is scoring runs at regular intervals of time to stay in the top run-scorers of the season. With his regular knocks, he is also knocking the selection doors to receive a call-up.

Recently, Yuvraj Singh, the winner of the man of the series in two world cups quoted that Shubman Gill is on verge of receiving the ODI call-up for Indian National Cricket Team.