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Team India veteran batsman Virat Kohli Done Cheteshwar Pujara Has been given an emotional tribute, who retired from all formats of international cricket on Sunday 24 August. Kohli shared a message on his Instagram story, in which he praised Pujara’s third number of important role. Kohli said that Pujara’s selflessness and strength made him easy to bat at number four.

Virat Kohli wrote an emotional note on the retirement of Cheteshwar Pujara

In an emotional message posted on his Instagram story, Kohli thanked his old partner for his contribution. This post of Kohli, which went viral rapidly, was written, “Thank you for making my work easy in 4 Pujji. Your career has been fantastic. Congratulations and best wishes. God should do good to you.”

Pujara, who is often the great “wall” Rahul Dravid It is said to have played an important role in India’s many Tests, especially during the historic series win in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21. His ability to exhaust the opposition bowlers and bat for a long time gave bowlers like Kohli a chance to play even when the ball shines faded and the bowlers are tired. The partnership was based on the opposite styles, but was a shared goal to win the Test match.

Statistics defined partnership between Kohli and Pujara

The figures of the moments spent with Pujara and Kohli on the field clearly show how much Pujara contributed to Kohli’s success. When Kohli played with Pujara, his Test batting average was more than 54. This clearly means that Pujara gave Kohli a chance to play openly at number four by facing the new ball at number three and facing pressure. As captain, Kohli gave India 40 wins in 68 Tests, out of which Pujara was part of the team in 38 matches. Both were excellent – they scored 3,513 runs in 83 innings, including seven centuries and 18 half -century partnerships. Pujara’s real power showed in the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, when he faced 1,258 balls against Australia’s fast bowlers and played a key role in giving India a historic victory. In this series, he was adjudged Player of the Series. Now the biggest challenge before India is to find a player like Pujara for the third number-a batsman that has strong mental strength and courage along with strong technology, which was full in Pujara.