Cheteshwar Pujara confident of making comeback to Indian team after ton against Somerset

Cheteshwar Pujara batting for Sussex. (Twitter)

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Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped from the red ball leg of India’s tour of the West Indies a couple of months ago after India failed the win the World Test Championship final against Australia in June. However, the 35–year-old said he believes he can still make a comeback into the Indian team in the near future.

“I am still in the scheme of things. So, I hope that the moment I start scoring more runs in first-class games, I will be back in the team. But I will try and be in the present, try and take one game at a time,” Pujara was quoted saying to Sussex Cricket.

Pujara’s love affair with the English summer continued as he scored his second List A ton in three games to guide Sussex to a comfortable four-wicket victory over Somerset in a One Day Cup game. Pujara anchored a 319-run chase with an unbeaten 117 off 113 balls to take Sussex home with 11 balls to spare on Friday.

Centurion Cheteshwar Pujara spoke with @AdrianHarms and @BBCSussexSport following our win over Somerset. 🗣 pic.twitter.com/TlLRHXsrUz

— Sussex Cricket (@SussexCCC) August 11, 2023

“Look, I always try and control the things which I can. It’s always about getting as many runs as possible in whatever games I play,” he said after the innings.

After the recent WTC final thrashing, the selectors and the team management had been planning to start the transition with one spot at time as they want avoid a scenario where all the experienced batsmen are made to make way like it did after Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar retired between 2012-2013.

The transition started with axing the Sussex star. However, Shubman Gill who volunteered to bat at three in the Caribbean could not make use of the opportunities. His dismissal in the first Test raised a few questions about his technique and kept the debate open about who would take the position in the long term.

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Speaking about the next Indian series, Pujara said, “We are not going to play any more Test matches in the next two to three months. The next Test series is in South Africa in December. So, there is a long way to go.”

First published on: 13-08-2023 at 16:58 IST