It’s a glorious career which is about to reach a well-deserved landmark. Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been the bulwark of India’s middle-order batting at number three for close to a decade, will join the coveted 100-Test club in Indian cricket during the second Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Delhi.
For someone who wore the big shoes of current India coach Rahul Dravid at one down, the veteran batsman did exactly what his illustrious predecessor would do -- blunt attacks into submission while batting all day. While some felt he was ‘old-fashioned’ and ‘boring,’ many could see the tremendous value that he added to the team when life was tough for batsmen in the middle.
