India, Sept. 19 -- Who doesn't remember the mouth-watering battles between Cheteshwar Pujara and the Australian famed pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins? The Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 2018-19 and 2020-21 comes to mind when the right-handed batter just defended and defended, breaking the morale of Australia ball by ball. Hence, it was no surprise to see Cummins, the Test and ODI captain, wax lyrical about the now-retired Pujara and name him as the "toughest" Indian player he faced off against.

In a recent promotional video for Prime Video Sport, Cummins was asked to name the toughest players he played against, and he had to pick one from India, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the West ...