Pujara hardest to bowl at in Test cricket: Cummins

TIL Desk Sports/ Australia’s world number one pacer Pat Cummins finds India’s middle-order mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara the toughest batsman to bowl at in Test cricket and called him a “pain in the back” for his team. With his solid batting at number three, Pujara had played an influential role in India’s historic Test series triumph in Australia in 2018-19.

Cummins held Pujara in high esteem when asked which batsman he found toughest to bowl to during a Question & Answer session that was arranged by the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA).  “There are a lot of them out there, unfortunately. But I am going to go with someone different, and he is Pujara from India. He was a real pain in the back for us,” Cummins said.

The unassuming Pujara had helped India claim their maiden Test series victory in Australia last year by amassing a staggering 521 runs at an average of over 74 with three hundreds and a half-century. Cummins recalled the difficulty the Australian bowlers faced in dislodging Pujara.