Prior to this, Pujara had gone six seasons without getting picked by any IPL team. Also Read | 'It gives a routine': Cummins on why continuing IPL 2021 was 'positive' thing"It was tough. Pujara, India's Test specialist had become only the second Indian overseas player to represent the County after Javagal Srinath in 1995. This was Pujara's fourth County team having played for Derbyshire (2014), Yorkshire (2015 and 2018) and Nottinghamshire (2017) earlier. However, Pujara was yet to get a game for CSK in IPL 2021 before the tournament was suspended indefinitely by the BCCI due to a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases inside the IPL bio-bubble.

Source: Hindustan Times May 07, 2021 07:07 UTC