The batsman who was missing in the defeat to New Zealand, scored a double century just a day later, what chance will he get?

New Delhi. When the Indian cricket team was bundled out for 46 runs against New Zealand, one batsman was remembered the most. Cheteshwar Pujara dominated social media for some time on October 16, the first day of the India-New Zealand Test. Most of the fans were posting in support of Pujara and saying that if he had been in Team India, such a bad situation would not have happened. Pujara was not in the India-New Zealand match, but he maintained the trust of his fans by scoring a double century in the Ranji Trophy.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored a double century in Ranji Trophy on Monday. The veteran batsman played an excellent inning of 23 runs against Chhattisgarh. However, despite this innings of Pujara, his team Saurashtra could neither win the match nor take lead over Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh declared the innings in this match after scoring 578 runs for 7 wickets. In response, Saurashtra scored 478 runs for 8 wickets till the end of the match. In this way this match ended in a draw.

Not only Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer also scored a century in his Ranji Trophy match. Playing for Mumbai, he scored 142 runs against Maharashtra. Despite this, it is difficult for Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer to return to Team India at the moment. The reason is that Shubman Gill is performing well at the number three position where Pujara has been playing for Team India.

Similarly, whenever Shreyas Iyer got a chance in Team India, he mostly batted at number 5 or six. Now the claim of Sarfaraz Khan and KL Rahul on these numbers is stronger than that of Shreyas. Sarfaraz scored 150 runs in the second innings of the same match, in the first innings of which Team India was bundled out for 46 runs.

Let us tell you that when Team India was reduced to 46 runs in the first innings of Bengaluru Test against New Zealand, former cricketers Ajay Jadeja, Aakash Chopra, Parthiv Patel remembered Pujara's game. Everyone said that Pujara often took charge of the team in such situations. If he had been in this match (Bengaluru Test), perhaps the situation could have been different. Cricket fans kept posting similar things on social media.

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