Former Indian top-order batter and presenter Cheteshwar Pujara has delved into the details of his playing days when the Australian ace pacer Josh Hazlewood refused to bowl at him during one of the IPL seasons.
Speaking on JioHotstar’s ‘Cheeky Singles’ episode, Pujara recalled that when he and Hazlewood were part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set-up, the Aussie pacer refused to bowl at him, adding that Hazlewood stated that he had bowled to him far too much over the previous few months before that edition of the IPL.
“During the Australia series in 2018 and 2021, I played a lot against Josh Hazlewood. Then I got picked by CSK. The first time I went to bat in the nets, Hazlewood refused to bowl to me. He said, ‘I won’t bowl to him.’ Even though he was my teammate, he refused. He joked that he had bowled to me far too much over the previous few months before the IPL, so he was not going to bowl to me again. He was kidding, but he actually did not bowl to me,” Pujara said on JioHotstar’s ‘Cheeky Singles’ episode.
Furthermore, Pujara also strolled down his memory lane to his playing days with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He went on to reveal that he is a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan and had a fanboy moment meeting him for the first time.
“I started with KKR. Shah Rukh Khan was the owner there. When I met him for the first time, I definitely had that fanboy moment. But when you think about cricket, you can’t think, ‘Just because Shah Rukh Khan is the owner, I want to stay here.'” Pujara added.
