‘But this man wasn’t included in South Africa series, irony’ – Fans react as Cheteshwar Pujara scores 61st hundred in FC cricket

Cheteshwar Pujara has scored his 61st hundred in FC cricket in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2023 for Saurashtra. The Star batter has been impressive with the bat in the match against Jharkhand. The batting of Saurashtra has been very good in the match. After reducing Jharkhand to just 142 runs, Saurashtra have been brilliant with the bat as most of their batters have fired.

Harvik Desai scored 85 runs in 119 balls and set the tone for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy 2024 match. After losing Snell Patel early in the innings, Harvik was joined by Sheldon Jackson who also played a good hand. The no.3 batter from Saurashtra scored a quickfire 54(74). Arpit Vasavada scored 68 runs in 171 balls and perished. Pujara has been the star of the show without a doubt.

The 35-year-old has scored 109 runs so far in 167 balls. The number 4 of Saurashtra scored his hundred in 162 balls and ended up registering his 61st hundred in FC cricket. At the moment, Saurashtra are 338/4. The Western Indian team would like their star batter to bat longer to keep Jharkhand out of the game. the knock of Pujara was like a perfect answer to all those who doubted him.

Hundred in very first innings in Ranji Trophy 2024

It has been just a few days after India played the Test match against SA at Cape Town. India won the Test match by 7 wickets to tie the series 1-1. However, India had lost the first Test at Centurion by an innings and 32 runs. After the huge defeat, there were many who wanted India to include Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane in the team. There was criticism from the experts for not including the two.

Many popular names like Harbhajan Singh questioned the snub of the two batters in the away tour. In the very first match after the tour of SA, Pujara has answered all those that did not believe in him by scoring a very good hundred. on a hindsight, the fans are wondering if India committed mistake by not including him in the Test squad for the series against South Africa.

Here’s how the fans reacted to the news –