Cheteshwar Pujara took blows on the helmet, on the finger and on the body. Yet, he still stood firm. Cheteshwar Pujara on Tuesday redefined guts as he smashed a solid fifty and kept India on course for a historic win against Australia in Brisbane on Tuesday. Rishabh Pant was giving him solid company as Australia struggled to break the partnership that was now worth fifty. Cheteshwar Pujara continued to go slow as his fifty came off 196 balls and it was his slowest-ever fifty in Tests, breaking the previous record which he held in Sydney when he crawled to a fifty off 174 balls. Cheteshwar Pujara got to the landmark when he dabbed a short ball from part-time legspinner Marnus Labuschagne to the third man fence for a boundary. In fact, three out of Cheteshwar Pujara’s slowest innings have come in this Test series as he continued to give Australia plenty of pain.
It was a hostile first session from Australia as they resorted to the bouncer barrage. Cheteshwar Pujara got…