Just after doing wonders in Australia, Cheteshwar Pujara had expressed his desire to play in the forthcoming edition of IPL. Now, in the on-going IPL 2021 player auction, the Test batsman was bought by Chennai Super Kings. As soon as his bid was done, the room was filled with a round of applause after Pujara’s bid. Post this, a few handles of the IPL shared a tweet on how they loved the short round of applause. Cheteshwar Pujara last played for the Kings XI Punjab in 2014 and was missing in action for a while. He was picked by an IPL franchise after a long gap of seven years. Chennai Super Kings Team in IPL 2021: Players Bought by CSK in Auctions, Check Full Squad of MS Dhoni-Led Team.

Pujara's outing in the IPL has been quite a disappointing one. He has only played 30 matches so far in his IPL career and could only amass 390 runs. He has had an average of 20.53, and a strike rate of 99.74. The official account of the Chennai Super Kings welcomed the Test player with a tweet. A few IPL franchises also said how impressed they were with the round of applause.

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Here's the video of the incident 

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Thank you, Dhoni

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Apart from Pujara, the Yellow Army also bought the likes of Moeen Ali and Krishnappa Gowtham. Stay tuned to space for more updates about the IPL 2021 auctions.

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