Cheteshwar Pujara: “It looks like there was mental pressure on him. In ODI cricket, you need to bat with freedom. He is a natural stroke player. He needs to bat with more freedom”
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India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has advised Pakistan batsman Babar Azam “to bat with more freedom”.
Cheteshwar Pujara: “Babar’s footwork against the spinner was not good. He was not using his feet. He didn’t [try] to play any sweep shot or a paddle sweep. Nowadays, reverse sweep is also an option to disturb the length of a spinner”
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Senior India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has highlighted Pakistan batsman Babar Azam’s poor footwork against spinners.
Cheteshwar Pujara: “He needs to rotate strike and hit those odd boundaries. Nowadays, a strike-rate of 70 and 80 is not good enough. You shouldn’t play for your own runs”
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Veteran India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has told Pakistan batsman Babar Azam not to “play for your own runs”.
Cheteshwar Pujara: “I enjoyed my time with him, he is a very nice guy and a talented cricketer”
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India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara said Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is an incredibly talented cricketer.
Haris Rauf: “I felt it would be a great opportunity for me to bowl to international cricketers. I bowled to the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli in the nets”
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Express Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf recalled the time he bowled to India batsmen Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara when they toured Australia in 2018/19.
Mohammad Rizwan: “He told me a few things and one of them was to play close to the body”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara advised him to “play close to the body”.
Mohammad Rizwan: “I had discussions with Pujara regarding cricket and learned a lot of things from him”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan said he learned a lot from India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara while playing alongside him for Sussex.
Pat Cummins: “You talk about Joe Root and Ben Stokes from England. Then obviously, Pujara and Virat [Kohli] from India. You have got Kane Williamson and Babar Azam”
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Australia pace bowler Pat Cummins has admitted that Pakistan captain and star batsman Babar Azam is one of the toughest players he has bowled to.
Faisal Iqbal: “Gutsy innings Cheteshwar Pujara, showed fighting character of a man”
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Balochistan head coach Faisal Iqbal has praised India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara for showing a lot of guts and fight during the recent Test series against Australia.
Mohammed Shami finished with figures of 3-27 off 13 overs
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India pace bowler Mohammed Shami took three wickets to help his side dominate Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test in Indore.