Cheteshwar Pujara castled on rare duck off Michael Neser's spectacular bowling: WATCH

Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara was one of the architects of India’s historic Test series win over Australia during their 2018-19 tour Down Under. The Test specialist is now back on Australian shores as India once again pin their hopes on him to become their batting stalwart in the upcoming four-match Test series. Apparently, his training routine did not go as planned as he registered scores of 54 and a duck against Australia A in their ongoing tour game at Sydney’s Drummoyne Oval.

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Australia A vs India result updates: Cheteshwar Pujara gets out for a duck in warm-up game

Australian pacer Michael Neser, who is yet to play a Test match for his country, did what no established Australian bowler managed to do during their 2-1 series defeat to India in 2018-19. He castled India’s Test veteran Cheteshwar Pujara for a duck on Day 3 in the ongoing warm-up game at Sydney. Helped with the angle, Neser clipped Pujara’s off-stump to see him walking back to the pavilion as India A lost their second wicket for just 46 on the board.

Michael Neser gets the better of Cheteshwar Pujara, watch video

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In the match, India A batted first and declared at 247-9 early on Day 2. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 117 while Pujara batted sensibly to score 54 runs from 140 balls. After reducing Australia A to 98-5 at one stage, Cameron Green punished the Indian bowlers to help his side gain a 59-run first-innings lead over the visitors.

Later, India A declared at 189-9 in their second innings with Wriddhiman Saha scoring an unbeaten 54. With 15 overs left in the game, Australia A were required to get 131 runs for a victory.

Australia A vs India result updates: Live scorecard

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A look into India squad for Australia 2020 Test series

Cheteshwar Pujara is expected to play an integral role for India in their upcoming Test series against Australia. He will be joined by fellow batsmen Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal among others. Here is a look at the entire India squad for Australia 2020 Test series.

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (c) (first Test only), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj.

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