Gabba Test: Pat Cummins’ nasty bouncer hits Cheteshwar Pujara on the helmet in Brisbane Test

Dixit Bhargav | 19/01/2021
Gabba Test: Pat Cummins' nasty bouncer hits Cheteshwar Pujara on the helmet in Brisbane Test

Pat Cummins’ nasty bouncer: The Australian vice-captain bowled an eventful over against the Indian batsman in a bid to get him out.

During the fifth day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Brisbane, Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins was seen giving India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara a tough time in the middle right before the lunch break.

With not much happening with respect to the wickets column since India vice-captain Rohit Sharma’s dismissal, Australia shifted to the short-ball tactic for a brief period.

It was on the penultimate delivery of the 33rd over when Cummins bowled a nasty bouncer which ended up hitting the back part of Pujara’s helmet.

With the batsman getting himself in an uncomfortable position, the likes of Cummins and spinner Nathan Lyon immediately checked up on Pujara to receive an affirmative thumb up.

It is worth mentioning that Cummins was inch-perfect with the short-ball ploy in the overs he bowled in the lead up to the lunch break. It was due to the same reason that Australia captain Tim Paine replaced Lyon with Mitchell Starc in a bid to send the second Indian batsman back to the pavilion in the morning session.

Chasing a 328-run target, Shubman Gill and Pujara have played exceedingly well to ensure that their team doesn’t lose too many wickets in the first part of the day. Having said that, an Indian victory still requires a herculean effort from them and others to follow.

Pat Cummins’ nasty bouncer hits Cheteshwar Pujara on the helmet

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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