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Irfan Pathan asks Cheteshwar Pujara 'Kya Iraade Hain?' after yet another century, India batter's response is pure gold
Cheteshwar Pujara has amassed more than 500 runs in the ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup this season. While playing for Sussex, Pujara slammed a century off just 75 balls against Middlesex before being dismissed for 132.
Cheteshwar Pujara is in the form of his life, playing scintillating innings one after another. The 34-year-old has amassed more than 500 runs in the ongoing Royal London One-Day Cup this season while playing for Sussex. Pujara slammed a big hundred off just 75 balls, scoring 132 against Middlesex on Tuesday, during which he also crossed 5000 runs in List A cricket. Pujara now averages an incredible 57.48 in List A cricket, narrowly behind Australia great Michael Bevan's average of 57.86.
Over the year, while Pujara's reputation as a Test specialist has grown tremendously, his limited-overs career has almost spiralled. Pujara hasn't played in the Indian Premier League for years and his last limited-overs appearance for India came way back in 2014. Given Pujara's credentials, his latest exploits in One-Day cricket are grabbing eyeballs. His scores of 107,174 and 132 have all come at strike rate in excess of 100. And the kind of form he is currently in, Pujara is definitely shattering the 'labels' bestowed upon him.
As Pujara's recent performances continue to make headlines, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan tagged him on twitter and wrote "Kya Iraada hai? @cheteshwar1" followed by a clapping hands emoji. Pathan's tweet to Pujara, translates to "What are your ambitions?" as if the former is implying that Pujara is up to something.
Replying to Pathan's tweet, Pujara then wrote "Iraade buland hai..." which translates to ambitions are high. Pujara answered a host of questions during a Q/A session on Twitter, including his best innings, the toughest pitch he has batted on outside India and a range of other topics.
Pujara's exploits have fetched him appreciation from all corners. As #CheteshwarPujara started trending on twitter, Wisden India tweeted in awe of the batsman's form and wrote "Innings - 8, runs - 614, average - 102.33, SR - 116.28, hundreds - 3, Fifties - 2, Cheteshwar Pujara is smashing runs for fun in 2022 Royal London ODI Cup" followed by fire emojis.
