Cheteshwar Pujara copped a number of body blows through the Brisbane Test against Australia.© AFP
The sight of Cheteshwar Pujara copping body blows through the second innings of the fourth Test against Australia was intimidating for his household. Even as his wife Puja cringed and took her eyes away from the tv, Pujara’s daughter Aditi, all of two years old, had a special remedy in retailer for her father’s travails. “When he comes home, I will kiss where he is hurt, he will be fine,” stated Aditi. Pujara could be property quickly as members of the Indian contingent began arriving in India on Friday and his daughter will have the time to attempt out her procedures.
After all, like father like daughter. “That’s what I do to her when she falls, so she believes that a kiss can heal every wound,” Pujara told The Indian Express from Brisbane.Pujara copped a number of body blows on the final day of the Brisbane Test as India and Australia battled for dominance in what Cricket Australia termed “one of the greatest Border-Gavaskar series ever.”He scored 56 runs following batting for more than 5 hours and sharing a critical 114-run stand with Shubman Gill (91) to retain India in the hunt for the 328-run target set by the hosts to win the series, prior to Rishabh Pant did the honours with an unbeaten 89.Blows to the back of the helmet, shoulders and forearms galore as Pujara remained resolute in the face of some hostile quickly bowling by Pat Cummins and firm.How did he handle to pull it off? “From my early days, I am not in the habit of taking pain- killers. That’s why my threshold to bear pain is pretty high. You play for so long, you get used to getting hit,” Pujara stated.
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