IND vs BAN: “Indian Cricket has not reached a stage to do without Cheteshwar Pujara- Sanjay Manjrekar

The Bangladesh cricket team showed a lot of courage and determination in the first test match. The Bangladesh Tigers may have lost the Test Match by 188 runs, but they did a lot of damage to the Indian bowlers. The Men in Blue made the mistake of taking Bangladesh lightly after their first inning debacle.

Captain KL Rahul was quite spot on with his captaincy as his outfield placements made life difficult for batsmen. The way he used Kuldeep & Axar turned out to be decisive. Axar Patel was the bowlers choice where he took 4 wickets and gave away 77 runs in his 32.2 overs spell.

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Sanjay Manjrekar on Cheteshwar Pujara

Sanjay Manjrekar was interacting with Sony Sports and was asked about Cheteshwar Pujara. “It’s Cheteshwar Pujara, that’s how he is. Whatever happens, whatever the odds, he’s going to go out there and do his best. Indian Test batting still needs Pujara. They had to call him back, after he didn’t get picked for the home series (against Sri Lanka), they had to call him back for that one-off test.” said Sanjay Manjrekar.

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“So this was again a reminder that Indian cricket has not reached that stage where they can do without someone like Pujara. They need that Pujara glue to keep the tickets together.” added.

Delight for India

Management would be happy that the hitters have started to peak at the right time. The way Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara hit centuries, would give them immense confidence ahead of the second Test match. The pitch in Dhaka is supposed to be very competitive.

Head coach Rahul Dravid has a tough task on his hands as which player to drop, Gill looked on with sublime touch while KL Rahul once again is thinking of two whether to attack or defend. We have seen many times in Indian Cricket a centurion go down and it will not be a surprise if Shubman Gill goes down.

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