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Engidi again made Pujara a victim, 4 year old story repeated

India vs South Africa Cheteshwar Pujara Ducks Lungi Ngidi Centurion Test: The first match of the Test series between India and South Africa is being played from 26 December. India won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agarwal gave a good start to Team India, there was a century partnership between the two players. During this, Mayank fell victim to the ball of Lungi Engidi after scoring 60 runs and returned to the pavilion after getting out. After this, Cheteshwar Pujara reached the crease. Pujara played the same ball and was run out. He had to return to the pavilion without opening an account. In this match being played in Centurion, a four-year-old connection was repeated.

In fact, in the year 2017-18, Team India came on the tour of South Africa. During this, a series of three test matches was played between the two teams. The second Test of this series was played at Centurion. In this match, Pujara was run out on the very first ball by Lungi Engidi. With this he returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Now once again a similar sight was seen in the 2021-22 series. Pujara was dismissed without opening an account in the first innings of the Test match that started on 26 December. Engidi had a big hand in this too. He is caught out on the ball of Engidi. In this way, the connection of the four-year-old Centurion, Pujara and Engidi was repeated.

It is worth noting that Cheteshwar Pujara is one of the legendary Test players of Team India. But if we talk about getting out on zero without opening an account, then he has been out on zero without opening an account in Test cricket a total of 11 times. Former West Indies cricketer Courtney Walsh has been at number one for the most number of dismissals on zero in Test cricket. He has been out without opening an account for a total of 43 times. Team India’s Ishant Sharma is at number 5 in this matter. He has been dismissed like this 34 times.

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