Struggle alone.. Pujara who blasted a stunning century.. Will the indian team look back?
Bengaluru: In the Duleep Trophy series, the star player Pujara, who is playing for the West Zone team, fought as a solo player and scored a century which has attracted everyone's attention.
India suffered a crushing defeat against australia in the World Test championship final. With this, the fans started criticizing that the indian team was struggling to win the ICC Cup for 10 years. Apart from that, senior players like Rohit Sharma, Pujara, umesh yadav and others started talking about strict action.
Pujara was ruled out of the 2-match Test series against the West Indies. He was replaced by young player Yashshvi Jaiswal. However, bcci said that the indian team's doors are not closed for Pujara. Due to this, Pujara was selected to play in the Duleep Trophy series.
Pujara played for North Zone in the semi-final against shivam Mavi-led Central Zone. Pujara was dismissed for just 28 runs in the first innings. This led to more criticism of Pujara. Pujara, who entered the field in the second innings, scored a half-century at the end of yesterday's game and was on the field.
In this situation, when the game started again today, Pujara, who played responsibly, scored a century and was amazing. Rain interrupted Pujara's 132 off 266 balls. This delayed the resumption of play. Pujara, who was dropped from the indian team on june 23, made a comeback by blasting a stunning century in the Duleep Trophy series on July 7.
In the West Zone team, prithvi Shah, Priyank, Sarfaraz Khan, all the star players were dismissed for meager runs. Only suryakumar yadav gave company by scoring 52 runs. Due to Pujara's performance, the team scored 291 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the second innings. It is seen that Pujara has a chance to be included in the indian team again if he scores a Himalayan century in the Duleep Trophy series.
