Cheteshwar Pujara gets runout of the first ball, Twitterati ask ‘did he pass the yo-yo test’?

India is at 52 for 2 with Virat Kohli doing the counter-punch, and giving him company is Murali Vijay

By: Ankit Banerjee |
January 14, 2018 6:20 pm

Cheteshwar Pujara got runout off the first ball of his innings in the 2nd Test at Centurion and that has put India in trouble at 28 for 2. India also lost KL Rahul, who is in the team in place of Shikhar Dhawan who departed after scoring 10 runs. He chipped the ball back to Morne Morkel who took the catch safely on his follow through. All of this happened after India bundled out South Africa for 335 runs in the first innings. For South Africa, Markram was the highest scorer with 94 runs. For India, Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers, scalping 4 wickets.

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But what took the Indian fans by surprise on Day 2 was how India’s number 3 Cheteshwar Pujara was dismissed. Pujara, who has a tendency of playing marathon knocks, was eager to get off-the-mark but, in the process, fell victim to a runout. Pujara pushed the first ball to the leg side where debutante Ngidi was positioned. Ngidi took two steps to his right, picked up the ball and in one motion, hit the stumps directly. What made the runout special was the fact that Ngidi had just one stump to aim at and he hit the bullseye.

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Here is how Twitterati bashed Cheteshwar Pujara for his irresponsible runout.

Pujara is back in the hut.

After getting there, he put up a sign ‘In-Tent’#PJAlert #Intent #SAvInd

— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) January 14, 2018

BREAKING NEWS : Meanwhile Pujara caught practicing to avoid run out in 2nd innings- dressing room. pic.twitter.com/0pJtQRuZ3D

— Raptor (@Raptor_Bytes) January 14, 2018

lekin Lungi ke dance ne pujara Ki puja me shuru hone se pehle hi bhang dal diya,

— Virat kohli (@KohliFanteam) January 14, 2018

Suicide attempt ___ #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/Gb5wH8lGb8

— Jack 8k (@jack_jimkhan) January 14, 2018

Pujara was doing Lungi Dancr there#INDvSA #SAvIND

— Mr. Jethalal (@jethalal007) January 14, 2018

After Dhoni’s retirement Indian Cricket players buried his technics&Game plan also, Pujara ye bhi bhulgaya ki pitch par sida daud te hai _ #INDvSA #SAvIND #2ndTest

— Nancy Arora (@2bottle_down) January 14, 2018

I think very bad call from pujara cost his wicket. #INDvSA

— Jothiramalingam (@jothirulez) January 14, 2018

WICKET!!! Brilliant by debutant Ngidi as he gets Pujara run out for a duck with a direct hit. Two in two balls and India are 28/2 #ProteaFire #SAvIND #FreedomSeries #INDvAUS #AUSvENG #U19CWC #INDvSA

— Ritika Sharma _ (@RS9777) January 14, 2018

What a blunder by @cheteshwar1 absolutely bizarre run out duck #INDvSA #FreedomSeries #IndvSAonSonyTen3

— Nabakrishna (@nabakrishna007) January 14, 2018

Lungi dance started even before he bowls #INDvSA #LungiNgidi

— franklin daniel (@frankyyda) January 14, 2018

Why are we subject to piss poor commentary from the studio while there is top quality commentary in the original feed _#INDvSA

— Prasanna Kumar (@Pras_Mafiaboy) January 14, 2018

Won’t have to face swinging deliveries & steamy bouncers if you run yourself out of the 1st ball #INDvSA #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/pXe9EZd4hc

— That LOL Buddhu (@lolbuddhu) January 14, 2018

Bad call from Pujara #INDvSA #SAvsIND

— Jatin Gulati (@imJatinVK) January 14, 2018

Pujara’s Brain Fade that was #INDvSA

— Karan Patel (@patelkaran952) January 14, 2018

Did pujara pass the yoyo test ?#INDvSA

— WaitingRao (@Amol_Mhaskar) January 14, 2018

As we speak, India is at 52 for 2 with Virat Kohli doing the counter-punch, and giving him company is Murali Vijay.