Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting in Australia was real gold stuff: Viv Richards

Richards labelled India's historic performance in Australia as "magnificent".

Cheteshwar Pujara, the Player of the Series, scored 521 runs at an average of 74 with the help of three hundreds. @ BCCI

New Delhi: Congratulatory messages continued to pour in a day after India’s historic Test series victory on Australian soil with legendary batsman Sir Vivian Richards labelling the visitors performance as “magnificent”.

India won the four-match series 2-1 after the Sydney Test ended in a rain-forced draw on Monday, their first ever Test series triumph on Australian soil.

“Let me take this opportunity to congratulate Virat Kohli and his team for such a magnificent performance Down Under. It was always going to be tough, but you guys came out smelling sweet,” Richards said in a video message.

Remarkable performance from @imVkohli and team down under. Exceptional batting from @cheteshwar1 as well in such difficult conditions, going on to make history.

And @RaviShastriOfc, keep up the great work with the team. All the best! @BCCI pic.twitter.com/MYmwoaMBHk

— Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) January 8, 2019

The 66-year-old West Indian also lavished praise on Player of the Series, Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 521 runs at an average of 74 with the help of three hundreds.

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“And to Pujara just magnificent batsmanship… I just felt real gold stuff. Well done to everyone. Magnificent performance again. Congratulations to the Indian team and to my good mate Ravi well done again.”