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India A to play 3 first class matches on the A tour to WI, June 2012

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In the end Pujara was hero for India A. He guided the ship and never looked like getting out. Missed a 100, but got the big win! Pujara received superb support from tailender Shami Ahmed who ended on 27 not out in 2 hours. They posted 73* for 9th wicket :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: MOTM Pujara Best Batsmen in the 1 Test - Pujara Best Bowler in the 1 Test - Shami Ahmed

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I have always maintained that pujara is the future. We need to build a team around this guy. This is not the first time Pujara has demonstrated his ability. He was also excellent in the 2010 India A tour to England. I have really no idea why the feck the selectors didn't get him into the Australia tour.

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I have always maintained that pujara is the future. We need to build a team around this guy. This is not the first time Pujara has demonstrated his ability. He was also excellent in the 2010 India A tour to England. I have really no idea why the feck the selectors didn't get him into the Australia tour.
Man-of-the-Match award goes to captain Pujara for his match-winning 96* You could not have asked for more from your captain Sehwag Gambhir Pujara Sachin This will be our front 4 against NZ in August :pray:
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I have always maintained that pujara is the future. We need to build a team around this guy. This is not the first time Pujara has demonstrated his ability. He was also excellent in the 2010 India A tour to England. I have really no idea why the feck the selectors didn't get him into the Australia tour.
He was injured. Before his injury he was in the test team.
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Pujara twinkle-toed to 72 on his debut against Australia, turning into a cake walk the kind of chase the India of old used to mess up. His next Test came on a green mamba in Durban, where he fought for 81 crucial minutes as Laxman batted India to a defendable target. In the next Test he got a vicious outswinger from Dale Steyn that swung late and alarmingly. Pujara didn't do anything to play himself out of the role of first-choice Test back-up, except dive for a ball. On May 8, 2011, at the same Chinnaswamy Stadium where he debuted, during the IPL, Pujara went in for a slide at the extra-cover boundary, and his knee stuck in the outfield, injuring it badly enough to require a surgery. The recuperation period was long enough for Virat Kohli to come in and claim a place in the Test side. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/566975.html

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Cheteshwar Pujara took a huge step towards Test selection as he added 73 with No. 10 Shami Ahmed to take India A to a thrilling win in the first unofficial Test, at Kensington Oval. Pujara's unbeaten 96 was the highest score in all four innings of the match, and more than thrice the next best effort by an Indian in the final innings. An equally impressive performer, the 6'7" tall Jason Holder, playing at his home ground, ended up on the losing side despite registering his third five-for in his 15th first-class match. His effort reduced India A to 115 for 8 in a chase of 186. It might have been an unofficial Test, but the qualities that make Test cricket special were all on display. Two teams full of young men hoping to represent their Test sides went into the final day with all three results possible, and three rain interruptions brought a draw into the picture too. In fact when the players went off the third time, in the last hour of the day, with India A needing 20 runs, it seemed the sides would have to settle for a draw. India A would have been glad they got a chance to come out to finish the game off, but not long ago they would have happily taken that draw when rain interrupted on the first two occasions. When the clouds opened up for the first time, during the lunch break, all three West Indies A quicks had taken a wicket each to add to their overnight effort of 22 for 3. And in a tense morning session, they had conceded just 55 runs. India A had added only two runs on the final day when left-arm quick Delorn Johnson broke through Shikhar Dhawan's defence with a slower ball. Dhawan failed to add to his overnight 13. Rohit Sharma and Pujara then fought through a testing period. Rohit was dropped on two by substitute Kyle Corbin when India were 28 for 4. Even before he had reached double figures, Rohit had played two edgy shots: a mis-hit that just cleared extra cover, and another that just fell short. In the first hour only 20 runs came by. Johnson and Holder's figures on the final morning at one point read 6-2-9-1 and 6-2-9-0. Rohit relieved a bit of pressure with a six over long-off and a four over mid-on. However, just when he had begun to show signs of having overcome a shaky start, Rohit followed and edged a wide delivery from Jonathan Carter, who already had a five-for to his name in the first innings. In the minutes before lunch, Holder bowled Manoj Tiwary with an inswinger to make the session West Indies A's. Showers during the lunch break caused a 45-minute delay in resumption. Pujara, 26 at lunch, now counterattacked. He hit three fours in five deliveries to bring the target down to two figures, but Holder struck soon. It took a sharp low catch from Nkrumah Bonner to send Wriddhiman Saha back. That was cue for Pujara to attack more, and he did so by hitting Johnson for back-to-back fours to reach his half-century. India A had reached 115 when Holder pegged back Bhuvneshwar Kumar's off stump, and West Indies were all but there. Holder followed Bhuvneshwar's scalp up with a bouncer that hit Pujara on the right hand. Even as the physio made his way off the ground, rain made a second appearance, sending players in for an early tea break. Pujara and Ahmed had added only five runs by then, and you would have thought that a further delay might have given them some hope for a draw if they could hang in until the next rain interruption. You had another think coming: soon after tea Ahmed lofted Holder over long-on for a six. That seemed to be a momentum-shifting shot. The partnership now relined more on Pujara's risk-free shots. He now took such control of the situation that in the end Ahmed ended with just 27 of the 73-run stand. The drama was hardly over, though. By the final drinks break of the match, the two had seen off the quicks, eased through a brief spell of spin from both ends, and were now bracing up for another burst from Holder and friends. They had added four after the drinks, which took the partnership past 50, when it began to pour down again. This one seemed to have a finality to it, but about 15 minutes later we were back on again. Now India A needed 20, West Indies still needed two wickets, and the weather was around too. Serenely Pujara resumed with a four to fine leg. Streakily Ahmed swung at two wide deliveries and took seven. Holder put in one last effort, but an inside edge off Ahmed's bat evaded the stumps. He did manage another maiden to keep India A waiting, but Pujara at the other end finished it off with another boundary. Pujara has had previous experience of batting well with the Saurashtra tail too, most notably when he saved one in fog and fading light of Delhi in 2007-08. He'll be glad he went a step further this time.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/567413.html
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Pujara match winning innings http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7343194300/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7343193628/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7157984725/in/photostream Pujara Taking one for the team http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7157984131/in/photostream Winning Celebrations http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7343187874/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/windiescricket/7157982871/in/photostream

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