"If We Wanted To Expose Someone...": Cheteshwar Pujara On Australia Tour 'Phone Call Leak' To NDTV

Cheteshwar Pujara's wife Puja, made some staggering revelations in her book "The Diary Of A Cricketer's Wife: A Very Unusual Memoir", narrating her husband's journey in becoming one of the most reliable Test batters the nation has produced. While Pujara did become the new Mr. Dependable for the team in the whites, the past couple of years saw his career graph go down, with the team looking at younger alternatives. However, one can still not forget the performances he produced in Australia, especially during the 2018-19 tour, which saw India secure a first-ever Test series win Down Under.

However, on that series, there were also talks of Pujara being dropped from the team. While the batter wasn't supposed to know about this conversation, he overheard a talk on the phone, and was understandably shaken.

Pujara's wife had to work hard to draw this revelation from the cricketer, and she also wrote about it in her book. However, the couple decided against naming the person who had wanted Pujara to be dropped from the team, ensuring no controversy is created.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, both Pujara and his wife opened up about this particular excerpt from the book that made headlines.

"The idea to write that incident was not to describe it. The idea was how he kept his calm and didn't get affected, showed courage and resilience. The one intention wasn't to malign anyone, that is not the intention. The intention was to inspire everybody," Pujara's wife said.

"I don't think he knows about it," Pujara's said when asked if the person being described in the incident knows about it being written in the book.

Puja also intervened and said: "I don't think anyone knows. The purpose is just a 2-line thing and not what has been