“He went into a shell in the last 30 minutes,” Twitter reacts as Cheteshwar Pujara missed a well-deserved ton by 10 runs in the first Test against Bangladesh

Fans on Twitter expressed their disappointment after Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara fails to smash a century in the first Test against Bangladesh. They lauded him for his innings to bail India out of trouble and said that he went into a shell in the last 30 minutes that cost him a well-deserved century.

Cheteshwar Pujara scores 90 runs in 203 balls in the first Test against India

Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara had a staggering outing in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram. The right-hander was at his classical best and bailed India out of trouble after they were reeling at 48/3.

He soaked in all the pressure and showed great grit and resilience to steady the Indian ship. The right-handed frustrated the bowlers with his defence, which was impossible to breach. Pujara played a solid-looking inning and it was much needed for him and his team that helped them tilt the momentum to their way.

Pujara first stitched a crucial partnership with Rishabh Pant (46) and paved his way into the half-century with his sold defensive technique. After that, he stitched a mammoth 149-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer (82*) and went on to score 90 runs in 203 balls. 

Pujara was looking all set for his ton but he was outfoxed by the brilliance of Taijul Islam, who bowled a middle-and-off line that was flatter, to which the batter tried to defend but the spun and uprooted the off stump. He played a rock-solid knock and helped India go past over 250 runs on Day 1 of the first Test. He scored 11 fours in his knock.

Fans on Twitter react as Cheteshwar Pujara misses a well-deserved ton by 10 runs in the first Test against Bangladesh

As Cheteshwar Pujara missed a well-deserved ton by 10 runs in the first Test against Bangladesh, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They feel that he went into a shell in the last 30 minutes that cost him a well-deserved century. They also praised him for his fighting knock. Here are some of the reactions:

He went into shell in last 30 minutes, that cost him a well deserved century..

— Mahendra 🇮🇳 (@MahendraR1408) December 14, 2022

Yes so sad
Waiting for his 100 https://t.co/GDTOdKMwM5

— DevilX (@GodkingDemacia) December 14, 2022

Pujara had to convert that into a 100. Our batters lose concentration so many times.

Puji played so well. https://t.co/CuMlKBlJRY

— Shubham. 🇧🇷🇦🇷 (@_ShuBhamCFC) December 14, 2022

Top 3 century curse still continue https://t.co/7FQ9HFNewQ

— PROvesh (@its_parvesh_) December 14, 2022

1441 days and still the wait continue for Pujara

— Khush Thakkar (@Khush_Thakkar12) December 14, 2022

Well played Pujara Sir 🤲

— Adiyaaaa ✨✨ (@AdiyaSharma6) December 14, 2022

What incredible knock huh ??? Wasn't a difficult pitch where he needed to consume 203 balls for 90 runs lol 🤮🤮🤮

— Tony Montana (@crazytonytweets) December 14, 2022

Modern day wall

— VK_18 (@VK18_theGoat) December 14, 2022

Unlucky again
Missed a three digit

— Jyotiprakash (@jyoti017) December 14, 2022

Are yaar 3 saal baad century aane wali thi 😭

— Sayan (@Sayan66557807) December 14, 2022

Great knock Pujara. A knock which may keep him in contention for number 3 spot…

— Kam 🏎 (@KP07_) December 14, 2022

Well played pujji 👏

— ³ ✨ (@Legspiner1) December 14, 2022

Great knock Pujara. A knock which may keep him in contention for number 3 spot…

— Kam 🏎 (@KP07_) December 14, 2022

He deserves 👏 for Hundred 💯

— Gautam Saharan (@SaharanGautam) December 14, 2022

This knock from cheteshwar pujara was fabulous 🤩

— Rajkumar (@sirimallarajku3) December 14, 2022

Oh Pujara.

— mrinango chakraborty (VK fan) (@ViratKo66279185) December 14, 2022

Real Comeback looks like this .

Pujara performed in a must win game unlike someone .

— 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧⁴⁵ (@Captain171_) December 14, 2022

Nothing sad here this is what he deserved. If you play 200 balls with less than 50 strike rate in modern cricket then you dont belong in the team and this is karma for pujara . Good that he didnt get the hundred. Fraudiyas dont deserve accolades. #INDvBAN

— Ankit (@JerryAnkitIN) December 14, 2022