When India won a series for the first time in England in 1971, local restaurants celebrated by putting on their menu such culinary delights as the Wadekar cutlet, the Gavaskar curry and the Bedi pulao. When they beat Australia for the first time, in 2018-19, it was the Pujara Dance that was the feature of the celebration.
Skipper Virat Kohli credited Rishabh Pant with choreographing it after the final Test in Sydney where Cheteshwar Pujara made 193, his third century of the series of which Greg Baum wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald, “Pujara set in, like winter. He was struck 11 times, in head, ribs and hands, and they all hurt, but he was also the fulcrum…”
A visibly embarrassed Pujara struggled with his footwork as teammates did the Pujara Dance, unable to get his timing right or wait for the moment.
