Thread by @gauravsabnis

Pujara has gotten off the mark first ball and rendered #PujaraStrikeRateTwitter speechless. 🤣🤣🤣
#WTCFinal

Dude pretty much chiselled the best bowling attack in the world into nothing over 12 straight tests over 3 years but some babloo will be like "rotate strike like in ipl, bro"

I imagine Starc, Hazelwood, Cummins and Lyon doing group therapy to get over how absolutely sick of Pujara they are. 🤣🤣🤣

In the 4 years, Pujara faced 539 overs from Australia. That's one full test match plus first day of a second test match, just him. Against the same bowling unit. Which means he was on the field the equivalent of two full tests and two days of a third test. In just 4 years.

I don't think there is a parallel for this in the history of cricket, because it was made possible with the big 3 model and then WTC ensuring so many tests in such a short window. And the superhuman physical resilience of the current Aussie bowling lot.

We don't talk enough about the crazy fitness of the current Australian bowling unit. Barely a niggle! And they are all intense bowlers.

In the last series, it almost seemed like when the first Indian wicket fell, the bowlers didn't celebrate as heartily as usual because at the back of their minds, they were like "oh fuck not him again 😭". And they just gave up sledging him completely. Like, dude, just go.

Another fun stat is that in those 12 tests, he batted at a wayyyyy lower strike rate than his career. So he must have looked extra frustrating to the bowlers.