‘Australia should bat like grand Cheteshwar Pujara’

All-rounder Labuschagne wants Aussie batters to spend some-more time on a double only like ton-up Chesteshwar after his dominant 130 guides India to 303-4 on Day 1

Australia should bat like grand Cheteshwar Pujara: Marnus Labuschagne

In his 4 prior Test innings, all opposite Pakistan in a UAE final October, Marnus Labuschagne has batted in a middle-order, between Nos. 5 and 7. When he walks out to bat, maybe during some theatre on Day Two of a fourth Test opposite India, it will be during No. 3, a position he has assigned for no small time in a Sheffield Shield for Queensland.

Born in Klerksdorp, South Africa and a diction of whose name has been a subject of most cheer in Australia, Labuschagne had a illusory ringside perspective of how his India reflection went about building an innings on Day One. For tighten on 6 and a half hours, Cheteshwar Pujara (130 not out) put on a masterclass during a Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), easing to his 18th Test hundred and his third this series.

Marnus Labuschagne
Marnus Labuschagne

Pujara took his time early on, giving a bowlers a honour they deserved with a new ball. Once he went past his half-century, he altered gears facilely before holding behind with stumps imminent. It’s a template Labuschagne hopes to duplicate when it is his spin to front adult to Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.

“He was really classy, wasn’t he?” Labuschagne pronounced after a initial day’s play. “His time, calm around a double and only a approach he batted was really good. we consider it’s something we privately can take a lot from. He batted a lot of time and that’s something he’s finished by this whole series. That’s what we’re going to need to do and all a batters are going to need to step adult and put a large measure on a board.”

To his fortune, good or otherwise, his initial play in a Test compare in Australia was also to Pujara. One of a factors that shabby Labuschagne’s preference to a XI forward of Mitchell Marsh is his ability to play leg-spin, though Pujara took him detached in a initial over, with 3 fours in 6 deliveries. Now, he is looking forward to batting during No. 3 and withdrawal a bigger impression. “It’s sparkling to get that event and one we am anticipating to make count,” he said.

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