Why Dravid Is Trending On Twitter After Pujara's Slowest Test Fifty?

In the ongoing Sydney Test between India and Australia, Cheteshwar Pujara, who won the man of the series award in Australia back in 2018-19, scored 50 off 176 balls at a strike rate of 28.41 in the f

Former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting also criticized Pujara for his defensive approach. "I don't think it was the right approach, I think he needed to be a bit more proactive with his scoring rate because I felt it was putting too much pressure on his batting partner," Ponting tweeted on Saturday. 

I don't think it was the right approach, I think he needed to be a bit more proactive with his scoring rate because I felt it was putting too much pressure on his batting partners https://t.co/2OhmdATvke

— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 9, 2021

The fans on Twitter couldn’t keep calm after the super slow inning by Pujara. While some of the fans supported Pujara, the modern-day Dravid most of them were critical about the slow knock that India’s no.3 played.

Watching Cheteshwar #Pujara's batting is the best insomnia medication I've tried. Recommended #INDvAUS #Dravid pic.twitter.com/1Y7R0noNkQ

— Abhishek (@abhishaek) January 9, 2021

Pujara record will always be slowest can never ever be fastest.. congrats on slowest 50 #INDvsAUS

— keen_bean11 (@DambarudharVj) January 9, 2021

Pic 1 - THE WALL YOU WANT
Pic 2- the wall you get..#dravid #AUSvsIND #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/sKeUsvSWoE

— Aman (@amanntweets) January 9, 2021