Former Indian cricketer and commentator Dinesh Karthik has shared a light-hearted video on social media that includes Indian Take a look at batsman Cheteshwar Pujara and his doppelganger Alex Noble, a BBC Sport journalist, through the ongoing Take a look at sequence between England and India. Karthik, who’s a part of the printed workforce for the sequence, created a playful second by introducing the 2 lookalikes to one another and capturing their reactions. The video, shared on Karthik’s Instagram account, exhibits him introducing each Pujara and Noble whereas highlighting their placing resemblance regardless of being from completely different components of the world.

“What I will present you proper now’s one cricketer and one other one who look so comparable, from a very completely different a part of the globe. Let me present you all. That is Cheteshwar Pujara, Indian cricketer, and a person who’s into broadcasting lately, and take a look at this, that is Alex Noble,” Karthik stated within the video. The clip options Karthik asking each people about their resemblance, which resulted in laughter amongst these current. Noble, who works as a sports activities journalist with BBC Sport, was recognized by Karthik as Pujara’s ‘correct doppelganger’. Pujara, who has represented India in 103 Take a look at matches and scored 7,195 runs at a median of 43.60, final appeared for the nationwide workforce in 2023 through the ICC World Take a look at Championship closing towards Australia at The Oval.

Since then, Pujara has been absent from the nationwide setup, lacking each the house sequence towards New Zealand and the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He has maintained his cricket presence by collaborating in home cricket. Within the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, Pujara represented Saurashtra and scored 402 runs in seven matches, sustaining a median of 40.20. His efficiency included a double century. At present, he’s contributing to the printed workforce overlaying the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.