India vs Leicestershire LIVE – India vs Leicestershire Live Updates– On Day 3 of the warm-up match between India and Leicestershire, Cheteshwar Pujara featured for both sides. Pujara who was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of the Leicestershire innings swapped teams to get more batting practice and played for India. Follow All India tour of England LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.
- Pujara has been playing in England since May after he represented Sussex in the County Championship
- India are due to play England in the solitary Test match from July 1
- Pujara was dropped from the Indian team after India’s tour of South Africa.
- But on return to India squad, he managed duck and lacked batting practice.
India vs Leicestershire LIVE: Cheteshwar Pujara gets extra BATTING practice, turns out for both Leicestershire & India after managing DUCK: Check OUT
Pujara swaps team after getting dismissed for a duck –
- Cheteshwar Pujara in hilarious fashion turn out for India after he featured for Leicestershire in the first innings.
- In the 49th over of India’s second innings, Shardul Thakur was dismissed but in unexpected fashion it was Cheteshwar Pujara who came out to bat for India, replacing Thakur.
- Pujara opted not to field and instead came out to bat as India continued their innings from 203/6.
- With the match getting over on Sunday, Pujara didn’t waste time and made sure he swapped teams to get more batting opportunities.
India vs Leicestershire LIVE: Cheteshwar Pujara gets extra BATTING practice, turns out for both Leicestershire & India after managing DUCK: Check OUT
Dismissed for 22 for India and duck for Leicestershire –
Pujara was dismissed for a duck in the first innings for Leicestershire while he departed for 22 for India. Pujara has impressed on English soil in the last few months as he represented Sussex. So to continue his batting practice Pujara swapped teams on Day 3 but failed to find form after scoring just 22 runs.
Playing for Sussex, Pujara scored four hundreds, which included two double tons as well. While the majority of star players were involved in the IPL 2022, Pujara took full advantage of the English conditions to make his return back to the Indian team.
India vs Leicestershire LIVE: Cheteshwar Pujara gets extra BATTING practice, turns out for both Leicestershire & India after managing DUCK: Check OUT
Puajra to make India comeback-
- Cheteshwar Pujara was dropped from the Indian team after he had poor performance against South Africa and New Zealand at the turn of the year.
- Pujara was dropped for the home series against Sri Lanka along with Ajinkya Rahane.
- However, impressive showing in the English season for Sussex manufactured his return back into the team.
- With experience on his side Pujara will be a certain addition to the team while he is also the ninth highest scorer in the matches involving both India and England.
India vs Leicestershire LIVE: Cheteshwar Pujara gets extra BATTING practice, turns out for both Leicestershire & India after managing DUCK: Check OUT
India’s squad against England for Edgbaston Test:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Srikar Bharat
India vs Leicestershire LIVE: Cheteshwar Pujara gets extra BATTING practice, turns out for both Leicestershire & India after managing DUCK: Check OUT
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