Team India is currently involved in a warm-up game against Leicestershire. This match is ahead of the one-off Test against England from July 1st. In the practice game, Cheteshwar Pujara turned up for both teams. Naturally, this gave way to many jokes on the internet. In this article, we take a look at how Twitter reacted as Cheteshwar Pujara bats for both teams in India vs Leicestershire practice match.
Pujara bats for both teams in India vs Leicestershire practice match
Usually, no hard and fast rules are followed in a practice game. It is not counted in FC stats and hence, we could see some unusual incidents happening. Even before the game started, it was a surprise to see the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, and Prasidh Krishna playing for Leicestershire. Even Cheteshwar Pujara was in the team for the English club. In the first innings, he batted for them and was clean bowled by Mohammed Shami on zero.
When India batted again in the second innings, it was a surprise to see Pujara play for the Indian Team. He made 22 runs from 53 deliveries before getting out to R Sai Kishore. It was a rare occurrence. The management’s intention was perfect but a few viewers were confused.
After doing well in the County Championship, Pujara is certain of starting at No.3 for Team India. He has the experience, is in form and hence, he is likely to get a spot although he was dropped for the last Test series.
Twitter reacts to the event
Meanwhile, Twitter was subject to various memes after Pujara turned up for both teams. Apart from Pujara’s incident, there was also another interesting event. Despite getting out once, Ravindra Jadeja came back to bat for the team again. There were a lot of reactions and we take a look at a few of them in the below section:
We all have that friend who bats for both sides😂
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— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) June 25, 2022
Pujara has made every kid's dream come true for himself
✔️ Batting for both teams
✔️ Bowling for none— El Chopernos (@El_Chopernos) June 25, 2022
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Rohit's so confident that he brought Pujara from the opponent team to bat, but didn't come out himself.🤦🏻♀️
— Jaanvi🏏 (@ThatCric8Girl) June 25, 2022
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Common Player 😄 pic.twitter.com/P16n2O6BAK
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) June 25, 2022
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Pujara batting for both teams
Jadeja batting twice in an innings
Iyer batting twice at the same score he got out on earlier!Kya majaak chal rha hai 😭
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Pujara switched teams in the middle of the practice match 😅😅 https://t.co/WIjRQki1Yw
Advertisement— Amit S. (@sardamit) June 25, 2022
Pujara's that guy who came late to the ground after teams got picked so it was decided that he plays for both teams. 😂
Just for fun ! #INDvLEI #CheteswaraPujara #gullycricketmemoriesAdvertisement— Kaushik Jain (@JAINKAUSHIKMOH1) June 25, 2022
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OUR OWN PUJARA
ICC is consulting MCC to declare Pujara, someone similar to the "Roving Ambassador of the UN".
A roving batsman who will be allowed to bat for every side on either side of every test match to be played in the multiverse from now on.— Jose Puliampatta (@JosePuliampatta) June 25, 2022
