Cheteshwar Pujara Replacement: Many prominent players are facing criticism after the Indian team’s crushing defeat by 209 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. This mainly includes the name of Cheteshwar Pujara, who plays at number 3. This year, Pujara’s performance in the Test format has been very poor. In the WTC final match, only innings of 14 and 27 runs were seen with the bat of Pujara.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s very poor performance was seen in the second edition of the World Test Championship. Pujara must have scored 409 runs in 5 Test matches played in the year 2022 at an average of 45.44. But in the 5 Test matches played this year, he could only manage to score 181 runs at an average of 25.86. Pujara was able to play only 1 half-century in 8 innings.
Now India has to play the next Test series against the West Indies in the month of July, with which the team will also make its debut in the next edition of the World Test Championship. In this Test series, in place of Pujara, the selectors can give a chance to a new player in the team. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about those 3 players, who can prove to be suitable players as Pujara’s replacement.
1 – Abhimanyu Easwaran
Abhimanyu Easwaran, a player who has consistently performed well in domestic cricket, may get a chance to debut in the Indian team soon. Abhimanyu was included in the team for the tour of Bangladesh in the year 2022 after the ouster of captain Rohit Sharma. But he could not get a chance to debut. Abhimanyu has so far played 22 centuries and 26 half-centuries in first-class cricket. Apart from this, his batting average is around 48.
2 – Hanuma Vihari
The one player who is most expected to be given a place in place of Cheteshwar Pujara is Hanuma Vihari. Despite being injured in the Sydney Test match in the year 2021, Hanuma Vihari impressed everyone with his spirit. Hanuma last got a chance in the year 2022 in the Birmingham Test match against England. Since then he has been running out of the team. In such a situation, Vihari can now prove to be the best replacement of Pujara for the team.
3 – Baba Indrajit
The bat of 28-year-old Baba Indrajit, who plays for the Tamil Nadu team in domestic cricket, has been seen speaking fiercely for the last few domestic seasons. Baba Indrajit’s batting average in first-class cricket is 51.85. Like Pujara, he also likes to bat at number 3.
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