SAvIND | Pujara has no Aadhaar, can't open his account: Twitter in splits over batsman's 0* from 50 balls
India are off to yet another poor start in the South Africa Test series.
Cheteshwar Pujara finally achieved a half-century in South Africa on Wednesday. But it wasn't one he'd be proud of.
The India number three batsman played his first fifty balls without scoring a single run. Yes, you read that right. Fifty balls without one run. He got his first run from the 54th ball he faced.
Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first in the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg. The decision seemed to have backfired big-time as the visitors lost two wickets for hardly any runs on the board.
Twitter was frustrated with Pujara's uninspiring effort from the other end as the right-hander struggled to find the middle of his bat.
Here are some tweets
After winning the toss, Kohli announced two changes in the playing XI after the Centurion Test, with right-handed batsman Ajinkya Rahane coming into the team for Rohit Sharma while medium-fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar coming at the cost of spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Meanwhile, the hosts have gone for a single change with Andile Phehlukwayo coming in for spinner Keshav Maharaj. The Proteas have already sealed the series by winning the first two Test matches and are aiming for a whitewash.
Though, form is with the home team but history sides with India. India have played four Tests at Wanderers and never lost in any.
Playing XIs
India: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Parthiv Patel (wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma.
South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi.
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