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Cheteshwar Pujara played the last Test for India in the World Test Championship final for Australia in 2023.
Veteran Test player Cheteshwar Pujara said on Dainik Bhaskar’s question that apart from Shubman Gill, Team India had no other option for the captain. He said that it would be a challenge for a young player like Shubman Gill to captain India under the difficult circumstances of England. They have a good chance to prove themselves.
Gill was made the new Test captain on Saturday in place of Rohit Sharma. After Rohit and Virat Kohli’s retirement, India will start a new era in the longest format of the game. Rohit and Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket within a week this month.
Pujara replied to the question of handing over the captaincy to Shubman Gill of Bhaskar in an online conversation organized by the official broadcaster ‘Sony Sports Network’ of India’s tour of India, saying Gill’s performance on foreign soil has not been good.
At the same time, earlier he did not get a place in the playing XI in some matches due to poor performance on Australia tour. However, Jasprit Bumrah himself has said that five matches will not play in England. At the same time, his fitness is a big problem. In such a situation, apart from Gill, India has no other option for the captain. He is 24 years old, so the team management has entrusted this responsibility in view of the future.
It will be difficult to say whether the decision of the team management is correct or not. However, Gill has a good chance, they have nothing to lose.
There is no shortage of talent in Gill, batsmen will be successful Pujara said that he also has a big responsibility as a batsman, but I am sure that the kind of talent in him will be successful in England. I do not know whether his best performance will come out or not, but as a batsman he has always tried to do well for the team.
He said that when you are playing as a batsman at the top level, you never think that you are a captain or a player, you always want to do well for the team. You should keep it separate. When you are batting in the middle order, you should think as a batsman instead of thinking about the captaincy.
Pujara said-now dream of his return
Pujara, 37, has not yet retired from Test cricket. He played the Test match for India in June 2023 against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final. After that he is running out of the team.
He said that he still dreams of returning to the Test team, but he has no regrets about his career direction. If I get a chance (to play again for India), I do not have any objection.
That will be the best thing. But at the same time, I am a person who likes to live in the present and I am engaged in what I am doing. The career so far has been fantastic, I have no regrets.
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