Cheteshwar Pujara is confident about Rashid Khan's future in Test cricket

The 30-year old also reminisced about the knock in Johannesburg where he took 53 balls to open his account.

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Cheteshwar Pujara of India bats. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Rashid Khan is in the middle of a dream run in limited-overs cricket having picked up wickets at frequent intervals. He is a mere 19-year-old cricketer and even at the tender age, the tweaker has scaled great heights. Recently, he made his Test debut for Afghanistan in the team’s maiden Test match against Ajinkya Rahane’s India at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore last month.

However, he strained to find his feet in the oldest version of the sport. He wasn’t allowed to settle down by the experienced Indian batsmen and he churned out only a couple of wickets while conceding 154 runs. Meanwhile, Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s stalwart in the middle order of the test team, heaped praises on the Nangarhar-born leg-break bowler and reckoned that he has a bright future in the offing.

He will get better

“He is different than the others. He is someone who is slightly difficult to pick compared to other spinners in the world. At the same time, when it comes to red ball cricket, you have plenty of time, you get loose balls. He is a talented bowler and if he continues to improve, he will do well in Tests.

In white ball cricket, the way he has been bowling, he is a good bowler. With more experience and exposure, he will get better,” Pujara was quoted as saying by dnaindia.com.

Pujara has carved a reputation for being an epitome of patience and has played a number of resilient knocks. The right-handed batsman also doesn’t mind taking his own time to score runs. Back in January this year, during India’s third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, he took as many as 53 balls to open his account and then went on to score 50 runs from 179 balls. The 30-year old also reminisced about the knock.

“It was one of the toughest pitches I have played on. Even the scorecard suggested that. It was a pitch very difficult to score runs on. I took a lot of time to get off the mark. There was enough movement and deviation, especially the first couple of hours, really challenging. You always feel you are never set,” the Rajkot-born cricketer added.

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