The new wall of Indian cricket, Cheteshwar Pujara is celebrating his birthday on 25th January. The dependable batsman turned 33. He just became the 11th Indian player to score more than 6000 runs in Test cricket. Pujara looks good to break some more milestones, especially in Test cricket. The innings he played in the Sydney as well as the Gabba Test and the amount of time he spent at the batting crease was something that every youngster should learn from. He even took a lot of body blows while tackling the bouncers from Cummins and co.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Birthday <a >#CheteshwarPujara</a> The Wall . <a >pic.twitter.com/CScxcgr56j</a></p>— Xavier (@Xavier34442) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Cricketers are wishing Pujara on his special day. Skipper Virat Kohli wrote “Happy birthday pujji @cheteshwar1 . Wish you good health, happiness and more hours at the crease Smiling face with open mouth. Have a great year ahead” on Twitter.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy birthday pujji <a >@cheteshwar1</a>. Wish you good health, happiness and more hours at the crease 😃. Have a great year ahead.</p>— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
He was not the only one to wish the great batsman. Pujara received wishes from Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and also from the official BCCI account. Here’s a look at some of the wishes received by Pujara:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wishing a very happy birthday 🎂 to <a >@cheteshwar1</a> who put his body on the line for the country 🇮🇳 proud of the brave fight you gave the Aussies! Best wishes for the England series 👊🏻💪🏻 <a >pic.twitter.com/e8LlxHjvTq</a></p>— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many more happy returns of the day Rock of Gibraltar 🥳🥳🎂 <a >@cheteshwar1</a> , can’t thank you enough for being my bunny though. <a >pic.twitter.com/0LF6WlLJcl</a></p>— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He takes body blows <br>Grinds it out in the middle <br>Braves it all & stands tall<br><br>81 Tests 🏏<br>6111 runs 👌<br>13572 balls faced 👏<br>18 hundreds 👍<br><br>Here's wishing <a >#TeamIndia</a>'s Mr. Dependable <a >@cheteshwar1</a> a very happy birthday 🎂<br><br>Let's relive one of his fine tons against Sri Lanka 🎥👇</p>— BCCI (@BCCI) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wish you a very Happy Birthday <a >@cheteshwar1</a> .. Brother my best wishes to you on your special day, keep doing wonders. Lots of love! 🎉✌️<a >#HappyBirthdayPujara</a></p>— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Fans around the world were also delighted to wish Pujara on his birthday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For India in a test Inning<br><br>200+ balls faced - 61 players<br>300+ balls faced - 29 players<br>400+ balls faced - 11 players<br>500+ balls faced - Pujara <br><br>Happy Birthday Cheteshwar Pujara 💙 <a >#CheteshwarPujara</a> <a >#pujara</a> <a >#HappyBirthday</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/FEnefKQzTK</a></p>— AADIL (@Aadilafridi10) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Birthday to <a >#Pujara</a> ❤️<br><br>Chateshwar Pujara’s bowls faced in BG Trophy.<br><br>2018/2019 - 210 Overs<br><br>2020/2021 - 153 Overs<br><br>The most bowls faced by any visiting batsman in Australia. 😇 <a >#Indianwall</a> <a >#CheteshwarPujara</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/z8DNKcpQM9</a></p>— AAKIL (@AakilIshak) <a >January 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
We can only wish and hope that the new ‘WALL’ of Indian cricket goes on to play for many more years to come