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With his tight technique and a cool temperament, Cheteshwar Pujara
has an assuring presence at the crease, former captain Sunil Gavaskar
said in praise of the young batsman, who rescued India with his century.
Pujara, making a comeback to the Test side after a long time, was
unbeaten on 135 as he saved the Day 2 of the third Test against Sri
Lanka.
"He has a tight technique and temperament to get out of
tough situations. He is someone who is not ruffled when beaten around
off stump. He would say okay, this is your time but my time will come
after some time," Gavaskar said.'
"The temperament covers all
aspects. He was making a comeback and under pressure but he is someone
who soaks all the pressure. When the ball is moving around the off
stump, he makes life easy for the batsman at the other end. He cools
things up, he clams things up," Gavaskar told NDTV.
Now that
Pujara has done well while opening the innings, India have a lot of
choices for the opener's slot. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay are out
due to injury and young KL Rahul has made his case with century in
second Test.
"They (Vijay and Dhawan) will resume (get their places) back and it
is a good headache to have for selectors. The problem of plenty is
better to have than having no one to choose to from," the former opener
said.
Asked if Rohit Sharma could keep his place in the side after
repeated failures, Gavaskar said,"it will be a tough call for
selectors."4
Gavaskar said both skipper Virat Kohli and Rohit need to be patient when the conditions are tough.
"Virat
has gone back to pushing hard at deliveries outside off. He was playing
a ball on the 6th, 7th stump. He likes the ball to come to him at speed
but when the ball is moving he reaches out to the ball and that's his
problem."
However he said Stuart Binny actually faced "good" balls
when he got out but he needs to do well with the ball to keep his place
in the side.
"If he picks up two, three wickets it will be good for him."
Gavaskar said Naman Ojha, who made is debut, needs to be careful with his shot selection at this level.
"If it is his natural game and not much can be done. It's different getting runs in first class cricket and at Test level."
Gavaskar
said if weather does not interrupt, there will be a result in this
match and India have got themselves into a "very good position."
News Source-ABP
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