Once touted as team India's next "wall" and the man ideally suited to fill up the legend Rahul Sharad Dravid's mammoth boots; Cheteshwar Pujara today finds himself in the cricketing wilderness (what with him remaining unsold in this year's IPL auctions) and heading to Yorkshire for a two odd long month county stint..........
Candidly admitting that he did indeed change his stance before the Australian tour as he was guided to by an ex-cricketer he held in high esteem; Pujara said that the minor technical adjustments he made did not yield the desired fruits and if anything raised even more doubts in his mind about his very own ability to succeed in trying conditions against tough and unyielding opponents...........
Pujara whose place in the Indian test team is in doubt (thanks to the advent of a few young turks on the scene) set off for English shores for a two odd month long county stint with English county side Yorkshire and is more than optimistic about his chances of covering himself in glory once again with his batting exploits as he did a few months ago..........
"I can do precious little about the fact that none of the team owners or managements thought it worth their while and effort to include me in their team rosters and hence the decision to make the best possible use of this county stint that was offered to me on a plate by the powers that be within the Yorkshire County Cricket Club"..............
"Hopefully this tint should not only toughen me up mentally and help me overcome all my recently acquired doubts about my own abilities and technique; but also hone my technique and temperament to the much desired level so that I can once again go back and do what I know best; i.e. score runs by the truck full and conspicuously wear down the opposing bowlers with my broad and unswerving blade"; Pujara signed off..........
The fact remains that the Indian test team/side needs Pujara as much as he needs it as he is the bulwark or bedrock of the Indian batting line up that otherwise comprises of swashbuckling stroke makers who can overwhelm the opposition with the sheer effrontery and daring of their batsmanship but lack the temperament and technique to ground out to the opposition bowlers and occupy the crease for hours on end as is desirable in seemingly hostile or then somewhat alien conditions...........
Here's hoping that Pujara's county stint more than bears the desired fruits and helps him re-establish his much admired and envied status of being the new and seemingly impregnable "wall" in an eye catching Indian batting line up..........
Candidly admitting that he did indeed change his stance before the Australian tour as he was guided to by an ex-cricketer he held in high esteem; Pujara said that the minor technical adjustments he made did not yield the desired fruits and if anything raised even more doubts in his mind about his very own ability to succeed in trying conditions against tough and unyielding opponents...........
Pujara whose place in the Indian test team is in doubt (thanks to the advent of a few young turks on the scene) set off for English shores for a two odd month long county stint with English county side Yorkshire and is more than optimistic about his chances of covering himself in glory once again with his batting exploits as he did a few months ago..........
"I can do precious little about the fact that none of the team owners or managements thought it worth their while and effort to include me in their team rosters and hence the decision to make the best possible use of this county stint that was offered to me on a plate by the powers that be within the Yorkshire County Cricket Club"..............
"Hopefully this tint should not only toughen me up mentally and help me overcome all my recently acquired doubts about my own abilities and technique; but also hone my technique and temperament to the much desired level so that I can once again go back and do what I know best; i.e. score runs by the truck full and conspicuously wear down the opposing bowlers with my broad and unswerving blade"; Pujara signed off..........
The fact remains that the Indian test team/side needs Pujara as much as he needs it as he is the bulwark or bedrock of the Indian batting line up that otherwise comprises of swashbuckling stroke makers who can overwhelm the opposition with the sheer effrontery and daring of their batsmanship but lack the temperament and technique to ground out to the opposition bowlers and occupy the crease for hours on end as is desirable in seemingly hostile or then somewhat alien conditions...........
Here's hoping that Pujara's county stint more than bears the desired fruits and helps him re-establish his much admired and envied status of being the new and seemingly impregnable "wall" in an eye catching Indian batting line up..........
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