As he impressed India to a six-wicket win on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead within the four-match collection, the Australian group offered Cheteshwar Pujara with a particular jersey after his one hundredth Test match.
As a mark of respect on his milestone, Pujara acquired a signed jersey from Australia captain Pat Cummins. A jersey signed by every member of the Australian group on tour. It additionally had a particular message for India quantity three studying, “Thank you for all the great battles.”
Spirit of Cricket 👏🏻👏🏻
Pat Cummins 🤝 Cheteshwar Pujara
What a particular gesture that was!#TeamIndia , #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/3MNcxfhoIQ
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 19, 2023
This was not the primary occasion when the opposition group offered a particular signed jersey to a participant after a milestone Test. Not even between India in Australia. After the well-known 2020/21 Border Gavaskar Trophy win, India captain Ajinkya Rahane offered signed jerseys of Team India gamers to Australian spinner Nathan Lyon, enjoying his one hundredth Test.
After scoring the successful run in his one hundredth Test for India, the 35-year-old Pujara mentioned, “Yeah, it was a great Test match.”
“It’s a special feeling when your family watches you play your 100th game. I am really happy about this opportunity. I was really happy to see me finish the match with a boundary,” he mentioned.
On the third day in Delhi, Ravindra Jadeja led Australia’s demolition with the ball as India received the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by six wickets inside three days of the second Test to take a 2-0 lead within the four-match collection Retained.
Jadeja claimed a career-best 7-42 as he and Ravichandran Ashwin (3-59) bundled out Australia for 113 of their second innings on the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The third Test in Indore will begin from March 1.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
