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Twitter reactions on Cheteshwar Pujara’s 18th Test century

Dixit Bhargav
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Twitter reactions on Cheteshwar Pujara's 18th Test century

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 03: Cheteshwar Pujara of India bats during day one of the Fourth Test match in the series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 03, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Twitter reactions on Cheteshwar Pujara’s 18th Test century: Twitter was elated on watching the Indian batsman score yet another century.

During the first day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Sydney, India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 18th Test century to surpass former Indian batsmen like Dilip Vengsarkar and VVS Laxman.

In which is his third century of the series, it is also his third in Australia and fifth against Australia. Given how other batsmen from both sides have struggled to play the big innings in this series, it speaks highly about the stellar form of the highest run-scorer from both the teams.

Coming in to bat at No. 3, Pujara once again played a similar role, that of an opening batsman, as he was required step out in the second over after opening batsman Lokesh Rahul registered yet another failure.

Pujara was seen going through the whole daunting process of scoring a Test century in his quintessential manner. While Mayank Agarwal was scoring runs at a decent pace from the other end, Pujara took his time to get his eye in.

Despite key wickets falling from the other end, Pujara continued to fight, putting a hefty price on his wicket, something he has been doing since the start of the series.

The 30-year old cricketer was seen punishing the bad balls as and when they were bowled to him but seldom did he attempt to do anything which involved a significant amount of risk.

On the last delivery of the 73rd over, Pujara clipped a Mitchell Starc delivery through the leg-side to complete his century. While he raised his bat towards the audiences and the Indian balcony, the whole of SCG stood up to applause for the Indian batsman.

His innings saw him accumulating plentiful reactions in the affirmative on social media platform Twitter. Read some of the reactions below:

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Dixit Bhargav

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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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