Cheteshwar Pujara to play in Saurashtra Premier League

Cheteshwar Pujara, a Test specialist, has been playing in different T20 leagues of late, including the D.Y. Patil T20 Cup, which is annually held in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Published : May 08, 2019 16:02 IST

Cheteshwar Pujara has made himself available for the Saurashtra Premier League this month.
Cheteshwar Pujara has made himself available for the Saurashtra Premier League this month.
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Cheteshwar Pujara has made himself available for the Saurashtra Premier League this month.

India’s Test mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara will feature in the inaugural edition of the Saurashtra Premier League (SPL), a T20 tournament, which begins here from May 14.

Pujara, a Test specialist, has been playing in different T20 leagues of late, including the D.Y. Patil T20 Cup, which is annually held in Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Pujara’s availability for the SPL was informed by the Saurashtra Cricket Association through a media statement on Wednesday.

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“Five teams are participating in this maiden SPL and now teams can select Cheteshwar Pujara for the SPL as he shall be available to play in the SPL,” the statement read.

“The final decision about Pujara representing which team will be taken tomorrow (Thursday) in the presence of five teams owners and representative of independent auditor.

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“Everyone involved in SPL is immensely happy that finally Cheteshwar got the window from his commitment to county cricket at England and has expressed his availability to participate in this T20 tournament,” the release added.

Pujara has been India’s batting mainstay in Test cricket for a while now. He has played 68 Tests and piled up 5,426 runs with 206 not out being his highest score.

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