"Is Cheteshwar Pujara's International Career Over?": England Great's Tough Question As Indian Batters Struggle In Ranchi Test

25.02.2024 - 06:40 sports.ndtv.com

Legenday pacer Stuart Broad has been following the India vs England fourth Test quite closely. The former right-arm England pacer is also taking it to social media to fire in his opinions about the game and also about the two teams.

On Saturday, the Indian top and middle-order, barring Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel, faltered against the England spinners.

Shoaib Bashir picked four wickets while Tom Hartley scalped two. Commenting on India's batting, Broad asked if out-of-favour Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara's international career is over.

He suggested that India could have included the veteran in the team as it would have provided them "some consistency" in the absence of star batter Virat Kohli. "With the experience & world class talent of Kohli missing, would there have been temptation to bring back Pujara into this India batting line up?

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