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Cheteshwar Pujara Wishes Sussex Teammate Mohammad Rizwan Happy Birthday

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Cheteshwar Pujara Wishes Sussex Teammate Mohammad Rizwan Happy Birthday
Cheteshwar Pujara and Mohammad Rizwan (Credit: Twitter)

Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara wished Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan on the latter’s 30th birth anniversary. The duo played together for the Sussex team in division two of the County Championship 2022 season.

Mohammad Rizwan has been a prolific run-scorer for Pakistan over the years. He averages 42.77 in Test matches, scoring 1112 runs, including two centuries. The wicket-keeper has two ODI centuries and one in T20Is. In 2021, he scored 1326 T20I runs and was the run-getter in the format.

On June 1, as the Pakistan cricketer turned 30, Pujara shared a picture of the two, wishing him on his birthday. Pujara wrote, “Happy birthday @iMRizwanPak! Have a fabulous year ahead.”

Cheteshwar Pujara had a fabulous run for the Sussex in the County Championship. In five matches, he slammed 720 runs at an average of 120, including two double centuries to his name. He is the leading run-scorer for Sussex in the 2022 championship. Meanwhile, Mohammad Rizwan had a decent season scoring 136 runs in five innings for Sussex.

Cheteshwar Pujara is second on my list – Mohammad Rizwan lauds the Indian cricketer’s focus while batting

Recently in an interview, Mohammad Rizwan was all praise for his Sussex teammate Cheteshwar Pujara. He expressed that Pujara is a loving guy, and lauded the batter’s focus while playing. Rizwan remarked that Pujara ranks second for him, in terms of concentration and focus.

“He is a very nice and loving guy. And his concentration and focus too. If you get a chance to learn something, you should do it. In terms of concentration levels and I told this to the coaches here too. In my whole career, the players with the most focus, and concentration are Younis Bhai, Fawad Alam, and his (Pujara’s),” Rizwan had said as per Cricwick.
“Pujara is second on my list and Fawad Alam on three in terms of pure concentration and focus. I rate these three players very highly,” he added.

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