India's veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh is impressed with Cheteshwar Pujara's batting. He mentioned Pujara's knock against Australia in the Gabba Test which India won recently.

Harbhajan said Pujara's knock was important for India as he kept one end safe with his presence and allowed other batsmen to score. He also went to say that the 33-year-old would easily make it to his all-time XI. 

“He was fantastic even in the last series. His fifty was so crucial. He held one end up and other people went there to score runs,” he told India Today.

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“He’s someone very very important, I will always pick him in my all-time XI because he is the one who lets the others play the way they want to and achieve whatever the target is in front of us,” he added.

Pujara had scored 56 in the Gabba Test and faced 211 deliveries. He had an important partnership with Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant in the 328-run chase. 

After the series win, Pujara had talked about his knock in Brisbane and revealed his plan. "I had a clear game plan, which was to make sure that we did not lose a wicket in the first session, or try and lose as few wickets as possible in the first session, because that would give them an advantage moving into the second and third sessions", he said in an interview on a YouTube channel named Cricket Fables with Jamie Alter and Meha Bhardwaj.