Rohit Sharma Cheteshwar Pujara friendship : Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma’s friendship is very old. They played for India together in the Under-5 World Cup. The highlights of that match are still available on YouTube. Later, both of them have developed a glorious career in the Indian national team.
Due to Rohit’s irregular test career, they did not get the chance to bat too much in the Test together. Pujara was a Test specialist in India, who has developed many legendary pairs with Ajinka Rahane and Virat Kohli. Yet there are many memorable (and less memorable) moments in the field and outside the field.
Who can forget Rohit’s famous comment in the home series against South Africa in the 21st – ‘Bhava Puji!’ – Then an abusive! Although they did not play together after 2021, the bond between Rohit and Puja is still intact today. Last year, when Ravichandran Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket, a press conference fell on Rohit’s ‘Furdian slip’. He said, ‘Pujara is hidden in Rajkot, we are not seen. Explicit, the pujara has not yet retired. I have said this to beat me! ‘
Recently, Rohit was present at the inauguration of Pooja’s wife Pooja Puja’s book ‘The Diary of a Cricketer’s Wife’. It was there that Rohit reminded an old event that was probably not written in the book. They have played for India together multiple times. It was from that source that Rohit remembered a incident in the West Indies tour of India in 2002, where Poojara ignored Rohit’s warning and later was in danger.
Cheteshwar
Cheteshwar Pujara said, ‘I am sure it is not written in the book. The West Indies tour of the India ‘A’ team in the 2012, remember what happened? ‘ – Rohit asked. Then Pujara said, ‘No, I didn’t say it. I mean, he (wife) knows, but does not know the details. I am vegetarian. So we went out to find vegetarian at night. It was Trinidad and Tobago. We came out around 9pm. I did not get the food, but on the way back I was beaten (Magd). I can’t say the whole, but that’s what happened. ‘
Rohit’s response
Rohit also commented on the incident. ‘The teaching of this incident is a little stubborn. We told him, warned him – don’t get out at night. Don’t go out after 9pm. It’s but the West Indies! ‘
It is learned that Pujara also made her debut in the Indian team at that time. He played the first Test against Australia in Bengaluru on October 27. Then he was dropped from the team by playing three Tests till January 25. He returned to the squad in August 2012 and scored his first century against New Zealand in Hyderabad.