Man of the Series against Australia, Cheteshwar Pujara accumulated 521, most runs in the four-Test series, with centuries in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney as India clinched the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. Praising him for his batting skills, team India’s skipper Virat Kohli did his character assessment and compared him with a ‘Game of Thrones’ character to give him a nickname.
“We’ve named him ‘White Walker’ from Game of Thrones because there’s only either fire or that special dagger that can kill him. I don’t think bowlers or cricket balls are going to do any damage to him. At the moment, he is unbreakable so we named him White Walker,” Kohli told bcci.tv in a video interview.
“Pujara is one guy, who is very sure of his own ability. He never questioned any of the calls that team management took. He took it in a stride and realised himself that whatever feedback was given to him by the management, there were things that he himself wanted to work on,” the Indian skipper said.
“The way he has accepted the things to come back in the England series and play like that and Australia after having an okay series last time when we came here. And to bat the way he has speaks volumes of his own conviction about his game,” he added.
Calling him the “nicest guy around”, Kohli said he couldn’t be more happy for any other guy achieving such a huge feat.
“Such a historic Test series win and he is the Man Of The Series and deserving so. The patience and the character he has shown is something that we all can learn from. And we definitely learn from. Pujara teaches us how to be patient,” Kohli added.
