Shikhar Dhawan takes playful dig at Cheteshwar Pujara

Veteran batsman Shikhar Dhawan recenty took a playful dig at former teammate Cheteshwar Pujara as the latter gears up for the upcoming Irani Trophy.

“Bhai bas kar youngster ko bhi khelne de ab. Irani se Tere liye Naani Trophy ho gayi hai,” Dhawan commented on a video that Pujara shared on Instagram. 

In the video, Pujara is seen batting ahead of Saurashtra’s game against Rest of India.

Pujara, who leads Sussex in English County cricket, was recently handed a one-game suspension as his team was found guilty of various charges in the course of the season, but mostly in the game against Leicestershire, which they won by 15 runs, defending a mammoth 499. Sussex was also docked 12 points.

Pujara who was left out of the Indian squad in the West Indies tour, was in hot form for his county club scoring a ton of runs, including a recent century against Somerset.

Earlier a month ago, Pujara had also said the axing sometimes left him a frustrated person.

“Sometimes you do get frustrated, even if you have to prove yourself after 90 Tests and five-six thousand, whatever number of runs I had scored. It’s not easy. Sometimes it plays around with your ego. There are still doubts – are you good enough,” Pujara had said.