In Absence Of Rahane, Pant, Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara’s Take On Australia Test Series | Cricket News

The Border-Gavaskar trophy is just a few days away from its graduation, with each Australian and Indian cricketers sweating it out within the nets to gear up for the all-important project. While the Indian group is the ‘favorite’ to clinch the collection due to ‘residence benefit’, the absence of gamers like Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Ajinkya Rahane does concern just a few. When Cheteshwar Pujara was requested about the identical, the veteran batter mentioned that everybody must be on high of their sport, each individually and as a group.

In an interview with the Times of India, Pujara was requested how his function would change contemplating the trio of Rahane, Bumrah and Pant will not be a part of the collection.

The senior batter responded saying: “India vs Australia is always a big, important series. You’ve to be on top of your game, not just as a player, but as a team. Everyone looks forward to competing well against the Australian team, and they’ve especially been a great Test team. So, I look at this as a great challenge, and something I look forward to. Over a period of time, there’s been a great rivalry between us. There’ve been some great Tests between us, and that’s something which all of us are looking forward to in the upcoming series as well.”

Pujara was additionally requested about his battles with the likes of Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins. The India star mentioned it’s their ‘expertise’ that makes them such tough bowlers to face.

“Look, they’ve experience. They understand their strengths really well. Especially when we play them in Australia, they utilise the conditions well. They know which areas to bowl in, in those conditions. So I think the main battle against them is always in Australia. Not to forget that they are great bowlers and they’ve done well even in India, but my important battles against them have been in Australia. That’s something you need to do a lot of preparation for, as a batsman, you need to figure out your ways to counter them. As a batsman, you always enjoy that challenge,” he mentioned.

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