Virender Sehwag wishes 'ChePu' Pujara in his own style, hails batsman's 2019 in Australia

Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag wished Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on his birthday in his own style, as he came up with a quirky birthday wish for 32-year-old. Hailed as one of best Test batsmen around world, Cheteshwar Pujara has proved his class with runs, wit, grit, passion, and technique in longest format of game, looking to emulate legendary Rahul Dravid. Pujara, who made his debut for India in 2010, had opportunity to play with seniors such as Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, who had also spotted ermous talent in Pujara.

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Sehwag's quirky wishes for Pujara

Sehwag took to social media to wish Pujara and took to recall one of best series batsman had had in Australia in 2019. Scoring 521 runs in 4 matches at Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Pujara headlined series with three hundreds and faced 1258 deliveries, just a few deliveries short of Rahul Dravid who faced most deliveries (1336). Sehwag went on to reveal that while many had or nicknames for Pujara his one remained special and went on to explain significance behind nickname. 

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Sachin's out of box wish

Pujara, as fans kw, is considered to be next thing close to Wall Rahul Dravid in terms of his display of will, grit, technique and passion in longer format of game that often leaves bowlers frustrated. Sachin Tendulkar said that only with priest's blessings will anyone be able to dismiss Pujara, indicating at difficulty faced by bowlers to get Pujara out. Furr, Pujara has been in top 10 ICC rankings for Test batsmen for over an year, with his stats doing talking for himself. 

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