Pujara’s contract with English county Sussex ends; Unadkat to continue stint
Pujara's Saurashtra teammate Jaydev Unadkat has linked up with Sussex to continue his County Championship stint from the previous season.
Pujara's Saurashtra teammate Jaydev Unadkat has linked up with Sussex to continue his County Championship stint from the previous season.
Jaydev Unadkat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel took a wicket each to dismantle the hosts in the first session of the third day of the second test.
Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque broke his run of nine consecutive single-digit scores with a stroke-filled 65 not out. But India continued to strike, taking important scalps as Bangladesh reached 184/5 at tea on day one of the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The 29-year-old was in his hometown of Rajkot before leaving for the resumption of the season in UAE, and expressed his thoughts on a variety of topics including the first phase of the tournament which was held in India.
While remaining fit has been a requirement, Unadkat has taken time out to pursue another vocation, which is learning guitar.
The limited DRS in use was a talking point once again with Unadkat at the receiving end on both occasions with Saha being the batsman.
Unadkat's side has been strengthened with the return of Cheteshwar Pujara and while the batsman was unwell on Monday and retired hurt, the captain is confident that he will do well on Tuesday.
Jaydev Unadkat returned with the match-winning figures of 7/56 in the second innings of the semifinal against Gujarat in Rajkot on Wednesday.
The hosts bundled out Gujarat for 252 in the first innings but are now struggling at 66/5.
The bidding war was going on between RR, Delhi Capitals, and Kings XI Punjab, where RR came out as eventual winners.
