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IND vs BAN 1st Test | In the second innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, Cheteshwar Pujara surprised everyone, batted contrary to his identity and hit a brilliant century in so many balls.

Bynewshuntexpress

Dec 16, 2022


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In the first match of the 2-match Test series between India and Bangladesh, Team India has strengthened its grip and the chances of winning this match are good. Today on Thursday, on the third day of the match, India scored 258 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings and declared Bangladesh by giving a target of more than 500 runs to win. In the second innings of the match, India’s seasoned Test player Cheteshwar Pujara (Cheteshwar Pujara) played a century innings of 102 runs while batting contrary to his public perception of slow batting and remained not out.

Significantly, on this day, India’s opener Shubhman Gill also scored a century in the second innings of the match. Cheteshwar Pujara hit the 19th century of his international Test career and contributed a lot in setting a big target for India.

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After dismissing Bangladesh for 150 runs in their first innings, Team India scored 258 runs for 2 wickets in their second innings with the help of brilliant centuries from Shubhman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara on the third day of the match. Declared and gave Bangladesh a target of 513 runs to win. In India’s second innings, Cheteshwar Pujara shared a 113-run partnership with Shubman Gill for the second wicket, followed by an unbeaten 75-run partnership with batting maestro Virat Kohli.

People were surprised to see his batting in the second innings at the Chittagong ground. He made Fifty in 87 balls with the help of 5 fours. Then Shubman was with him at the other end of the pitch. After Gill’s dismissal and Virat Kohli coming into the field, Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting got stronger and he started batting quickly. Pujara completed his century in 130 balls with the help of 13 fours. Earlier, his personal fastest century was 148 balls. That is, now this latest century is the fastest century of his career.

Remind you that he had done well in the first innings of the same match as well. He missed the century by only 10 runs. He scored 90 runs in the first innings and shared a 147-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer.





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