India vs Australia | I don’t play international cricket to silence anyone, asserts Cheteshwar Pujara

12/27/2018

Cheteshwar Pujara has stated that he does not take part in international cricket to silence his critics and just wants to keep scoring as many runs as possible. Pujara made these comments after scoring his 17th Test century during the ongoing third Test against Australia at the MCG.

Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 17th century on the second day of the third Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia. He has been in stupendous form in the series and he is the highest scorer of the series so far as well. The Saurashtra batsman scored 106 off 319 deliveries in the first innings before getting out bowled to Pat Cummins on the second day. After silencing his critics with the bat, Pujara has come out and stated that he does not play the sport to silence anyone.

"Well, when I play international cricket, I don't play to silence anyone, I just need to keep scoring runs and that is what I love to do. I don't want to get into all such things,” Pujara said at the press conference, reported NDTV.

Earlier in the year, before India played England in the five-match Test series, Pujara was criticized for poor performances on foreign soil. In fact, he was also dropped for the first Test match against the Englishmen which the Indians eventually went on to lose.

“My job is to score runs and I'll keep doing that, whether its home or away. Sometimes you get criticised and you just have to accept it. But if India keep winning, ultimately everyone is happy.

“Yes, as a batsman it is always challenging when you are playing abroad," he said.