Harsha Bhogle says Mayank's drives are worth a Mumbai-Pune roadtrip

Mayank Agarwal helped India regain composure after having lost opener Rohit Sharma for just 14 runs in the first session of Day one of the second Test in Pune. Mayank Agarwal along with Cheteshwar Pujara managed to stitch together a much-needed fifty partnership to get India to 77-1 at lunch. En route to his knock of 34 runs, Mayank Agarwal slammed seven boundaries, driving them all around the park, putting up a classic display of Test batting for the Pune crowd. Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle was all praises for Mayank Agarwal and his strokeplay and waws amused by the drives from the opener. Taking to Twitter, Harsha Bhogle deemed Mayank Agarwal's drives to be drive-worthy from Mumbai to watch and said that he was amused with the four drives by Mayank against Anrich Nortje. 

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Mayank Agarwal first punches, then knocks

Indian opener Mayank Agarwal survived a scare after he was hit by a bouncer on the helmet off South Africa's Anrich Nortje's screamer on Day one of the second Test in Pune on Thursday. Winning the toss on his 50th match as captain, Virat Kohli put the Indian to bat in the second contest of the Test series. After Rohit Sharma departed early in the innings, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara attempted to steady the ship for the hosts, who were struggling to face the Proteas pacers. During the 11th over, Mayank Agarwal waws hit on his helmet by a bouncer from Anrich Nortje, such being the impact of the ball that it bounced off Mayank Agarwal's helmet to the boundary behind the stumps on the leg side. The Indian team's support staff immediately rushed on to the field to check on Mayank Agarwal and he was cleared after his helmet was examined for any damage. However, Mayank Agarwal punched the next delivery to the boundary, making his comeback from the bouncer scare in style. 

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