Pujara was a huge deciding factor for India in Australia: Cummins

TIL Desk Sports/ Australia pace spearhead Pat Cummins describes Cheteshwar Pujara as a ‘brick wall’, whose wicket he targeted once captain Virat Kohli returned home after the first Test during the recent series against India.

Kohli missed the last three Tests of the four-match series which India won 2-1 as he returned home on a paternity leave. Cummins, who was Australia vice-captain for the four-match Test series, said Pujara turned out to be the deciding factor with his rock solid performances with the bat.

“My initial thought was that he was the brick wall, so once we opened up his end, I thought that still made all three results in the game possible, winning, losing or a draw. But it was satisfying too: before the series, once we knew Virat was going to miss the last three Tests, Pujara was the big wicket for me.