Marnus Labuschagne had a plan—a big one. The Australian star wanted to channel his inner Cheteshwar Pujara, the unflappable wall of Indian cricket who famously thwarted Australia in back-to-back Border-Gavaskar Trophy series. Pujara's marathon innings in 2018-19 and 2020-21 — consuming 1,258 and 928 deliveries respectively — were etched into Australian nightmares. Labuschagne, ever the …
