Veteran India batter Cheteshwar Pujara made a bold comparison after reflecting on Harry Brook’s impressive batting display against India on Day 3 of the opening Test in Headingley. The veteran reckons there are shades of Rishabh Pant in the English batter after witnessing his fearless knock.
Brook took charge with the bat on Day 3 to steer England closer to a lead. Despite going all the way to 99 runs, he eventually fell short of a well-deserved hundred when Prasidh Krishna got the big wicket.
Speaking to the Sony Sports network after the end of the day’s play, Pujara looked back on his time with Brook in the English domestic setup, as the two played for Yorkshire together in the 2015 season.
Since then, Brook has come a long way, having now been promoted as England’s white-ball captain, and Pujara reckons that he has matured and is on track to becoming a fine player for the side.
“I’ve seen his journey when I was playing for Yorkshire, he made his first-class debut. So since then he has matured and he’s playing and he’s leading in the white circuit for the England team, so he knows, understands his responsibility and the kind of shots he played today—I mean, not many players can do that,” Pujara commented.
The Indian cricketer believes that both Brook and Pant have a rather similar approach when it comes to batting. He suggested that both men have the tendency to go after the bowlers to rattle the opposition and can produce a game-changing knock that lifts their respective teams.
