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Cheteshwar Pujara continued to show his brilliance in the ongoing first of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The 34-year-old has scored the second consecutive half-century in the second innings of the series opener against Shakib's men. Earlier in the first innings, the Rajkot batter played a crucial knock of 90 runs to help India reach a decent total of 404 runs.
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Taking charge after KL Rahul's early departure in the second innings, Pujara took the charge to score another brilliant knock of 102 runs with boundaries to his name.
The Indian cricket fans are also overwhelmed following this brilliant individual knock from the Test veteran. They took to Twitter for lavishing praises on the veteran of 19 Test centuries.
Here's how fans reacted:
Yee aaj pujara ki batting dekh k sukooonn sa feel ho rha hai 🥷#INDvBAN @cheteshwar1 #pujara
— The Penman 🇮🇳 (@hemant__yadav) December 16, 2022
Pujara on path of #BazBall 😂😂😂#INDvBAN #indiancricket #pujara #hitting
— Aryan (@Aryan00140637) December 16, 2022
Wow 50 runs off 43 GG, played the situation very well. Also a century after a while, not that it matters his 40's are more satisfying than 100's in sub continents😃 #pujara #INDvBAN
— Jaddu (@nithishjaddu) December 16, 2022
— Sharad Goswami (@sharadgoswamis) December 16, 2022
Monkey off his back #indvsbang #pujara
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) December 16, 2022
Finally! a deserving and a match wining 100* for @cheteshwar1 after a long wait of almost 4 yrs.
— Ankit sharma🇮🇳🙏 (@Anqitsharma) December 16, 2022
Congratulations ❤️💐💐#pujara
And our chetaaaahhh is backk #pujara
— Vidhi Parmar (@vidhi1801) December 16, 2022
That century was the effect of that many Pant-Pujara partnerships.#pujara #cheteshwarpujara #Cricket #CricketTwitter #INDvBAN
— Apoorv Kalla (@Apoorvk18) December 16, 2022
2022 has been great for individual performers in Indian Cricket!
— Prathamesh Shanbhag (@the_shaan_24) December 16, 2022
We saw the return of Virat Kohli and today it's Pujara!! #INDvBAN #pujara pic.twitter.com/nApYE862Zp
Well done pujji 🥳100#pujara pic.twitter.com/o7ZvHUrThT
— Rohit (@_rohit_45) December 16, 2022
Bangladesh could score only 150 runs in the first innings and lost all the wickets While batting in the second innings, riding on the back of amazing centuries from Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara, India declared the second innings on the score of 258 runs for the loss of two wickets. Now, Bangladesh is required 513 runs to win the match in the fourth innings.
Khaled Ahmed and Mehidy Hasan Miraz ended up as the only bowlers to scalp the wickets for the hosts in the second innings. Both the bowlers took one wicket each.
Talking about the update of the match so far, India scored 404 runs in the first innings and went on to take a big 254 runs in the first innings.
Other than Pujara, a young Indian batter Shubman Gill also played an outstanding knock of 110 runs with 10 boundaries and three sixes to his name.
Following the conclusion of this first Test match, both teams will lock horns in the second and last of the two-match Test series at the Sher-E-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. Indians are ought to win both matches to stay alive in contention for the World Test Championship Final 2023.