“We still don’t have better batter than Pujara”: Harbhajan Singh after India’s defeat
India defeated by South Africa on the third day of the first Test at Centurion on Thursday. In a mere three days South Africa defeated the Rohit Sharma-led side by an innings and 32 runs. After such a miserable defeat, Indian team faced criticism. Harbhajan Singh, speaking on his YouTube channel on the Centurion clash, questioned the logic behind dropping Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the squad.
In the first test, Rabada and debutant Nandre Burger troubled Indian batters with their seam movement. Dean Elgar’s(185) century and fifty from David Bedingham(56), Marco Jansen(84*) allowed South Africa to take an comfortable lead of 163 runs. Though KL Rahul scored a magnificent hundred in the first innings and Virat Kohli scored a fighting 76 in the second innings, other batters failed miserably resulting India’s innings-defeat.
Now Harbhajan Singh questioned about dropping Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the Test squad. He said, “You didn’t select Ajinkya Rahane and have left Cheteshwar Pujara out for no reason. These are the two players who have scored runs everywhere. If you look at the previous records Pujara has the same contribution as Kohli had. I absolutely clueless why Pujara has been left out, we still don’t have a better batter than Puajra in Test cricket. He plays slowly but he saves you, because of him India won Test in Australia and England.”
Rahane had made his return to the Test team earlier in 2023 after being dropped in March 2022. He played a crucial knock aganist Australia in Test Championship Final, though India lost the match. He was named as the vice-captain in the West Indies tour. Pujara last made an appearance for India in the WTC game against Australia.
India defeated by South Africa on the third day of the first Test at Centurion on Thursday. In a mere three days South Africa defeated the Rohit Sharma-led side by an innings and 32 runs. After such a miserable defeat, Indian team faced criticism. Harbhajan Singh, speaking on his YouTube channel on the Centurion clash, questioned the logic behind dropping Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the squad.
In the first test, Rabada and debutant Nandre Burger troubled Indian batters with their seam movement. Dean Elgar’s(185) century and fifty from David Bedingham(56), Marco Jansen(84*) allowed South Africa to take an comfortable lead of 163 runs. Though KL Rahul scored a magnificent hundred in the first innings and Virat Kohli scored a fighting 76 in the second innings, other batters failed miserably resulting India’s innings-defeat.
Now Harbhajan Singh questioned about dropping Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara from the Test squad. He said, “You didn’t select Ajinkya Rahane and have left Cheteshwar Pujara out for no reason. These are the two players who have scored runs everywhere. If you look at the previous records Pujara has the same contribution as Kohli had. I absolutely clueless why Pujara has been left out, we still don’t have a better batter than Puajra in Test cricket. He plays slowly but he saves you, because of him India won Test in Australia and England.”
Rahane had made his return to the Test team earlier in 2023 after being dropped in March 2022. He played a crucial knock aganist Australia in Test Championship Final, though India lost the match. He was named as the vice-captain in the West Indies tour. Pujara last made an appearance for India in the WTC game against Australia.