Legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar has pretty high praises for the Indian Test specialist, Cheteshwar Pujara, saying the latter reminds him of former South Africa opener Hashim Amla. Gavaskar further said that a player with Pujara’s temperament is ‘terrific’ for the Indian Test team. After a string of low scores, Cheteshwar Pujara came good with the bat, scoring a half-century in India’s second innings of the second Test.

Pujara played a dominating knock of 53 off 86 deliveries, stitching a solid 111-run stand for the third wicket with Ajinkya Rahane on a treacherous Wanderers pitch. Despite Pujara’s knock, India failed to restrict the hosts, especially skipper Dean Elgar, who stitched crucial partnerships to lead the hosts to a series-leveling 1-1 win on Thursday.

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During a recent conversation with SuperSport, Sunil Gavaskar said, “When I look at him, he reminds me of Hashim. Watching Hashim bat, you know there’s a sense of calm that everything is under control.”

He further elaborated, “The ball could be doing things but there was that sense because even on pitches where the ball was turning, the way Hashim was batting in India, it was almost as if, ‘look, nothing’s happening’, and that’s the same thing with Cheteshwar Pujara.”

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Praising Pujara further, Sunil Gavaskar said, ” (It may not be) necessarily just on the field but it’s a huge plus and I think having somebody with Cheteshwar Pujara’s temperament in the changing room must be absolutely terrific because in international cricket, there are several moments of tension where people would want to do this or that or the other. When you have somebody who’s going to think about it calmly and give you a measured opinion it makes a big difference.”