Cheteshwar Pujara’s extended battle with the bat continued because the senior India batter has did not open his account on Day 3 of Saurashtra’s Ranji Trophy match towards Mumbai in Ahmedabad.
A duck forward of the squad choice for the 2 Sri Lanka residence Tests in March may hamper Pujara’s likelihood to make it into India’s Test group. The two-match Test collection towards Sri Lanka shall be performed in Mohali (March 4-8) and Bengaluru (March 12-16) respectively.
Pujara was trapped by debutant Mohit Avasthi. The 29-year-old pacer from Mumbai has ran by way of Saurashtra’s high order with wonderful figures of three for 27. Avasthi has bagged the wickets of Vishvaraj Jadeja (5), Cheteshwar Puara (0) and Arpit Vasavada (8).
Defending champions are reeling at 126 for five on the Lunch break on Day 3. Sheldon Jackson (27 not out), and Prerak Mankad (24 not out) had been on the crease.
Earlier, Mumbai had declared their innings at 544 for 7. Sarfaraz Khan scored an excellent 275, and he was well-supported by the senior batter Ajinkya Rahane, who scored a feisty 129.
Rahane’s earlier hundred had come again in December 2020 within the Melbourne Test towards Australia. Since that match, Rahane has averaged simply 20.25 from 15 Tests, with solely three fifties and a highest rating of 67. On the latest tour of South Africa, he had scores of 48, 20, 0, 58, 9 and 1 within the three Tests, resulting in extra doubts being raised on his place within the Indian group.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
