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Cheteshwar Pujara - Overrated?

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I have been a huge fan of Pujara for a while now. I thought he was the next big thing in Indian cricket even a step ahead of :kohli. But in terms of performance in away tours Rahane and even Vijay are ahead of him. His fabled technique and temperament shows a lot of holes. How much of this is because of fan and media hype and how much of this is due to his bad knee. Even if he has a bad knee, shouldn't India give chance to other youngsters if its hampering the team that much like how Rohit "MR.Lazy Elegance" Sharma got dropped. A few years ago I thought Rohit>Pujara>Kohli>Rahane>Vijay. Last year my rating was Pujara>Kohli>Rahane>Vijay>Rohit. Now its Rahane>Kohli>Vijay>Pujara>Rohit. I even removed my Che Pujara avatar :(.
 
Maybe we need to do a Pujara vs U.Akmal thread to bring Pujara back to form :uakmal
 
73, 21, 43, 18, 25 -- his last 5 innings. I don't know why but he's getting out after some good starts.. Needs to convert these..
 
Most definitely. You can go wrong in a couple of series but he's kept failing series after series. Gets starts, then gets stuck repeatedly hitting his good shots to fielders, lets the pressure build and then gets out with a very soft dismissal. Shows a mental block

While Vijay, Rahane and Kohli have enhanced their reputation in these back to back 4 away series in last 12 months, Pujara has fallen behind and the tag of FTB on him looks real now.
 
He prods and pokes too much.

You can't do that in Auatralian conditions - you go to be positive and rotate strike when you can.
 
yess he is occupying the most important position but still failing everytime time to get a 100
 
cricketindiafan said:
Most definitely. You can go wrong in a couple of series but he's kept failing series after series. Gets starts, then gets stuck repeatedly hitting his good shots to fielders, lets the pressure build and then gets out with a very soft dismissal. Shows a mental block

While Vijay, Rahane and Kohli have enhanced their reputation in these back to back 4 away series in last 12 months, Pujara has fallen behind and the tag of FTB on him looks real now.
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That's a little harsh. He looks comfortable but throws it away, it's all in his mind.

I noticed that he had gained a lot of weight before the English series, getting too lazy perhaps.
 
Garbage FTB. I said this in another thread

He is a FTB. Not hard to score on pitches where Jadeja has 3 triple centuries in domestic and Rohit Sharma has scored 2 double hundreds. This Pujara guy flopped for Derbyshire if I recall correctly. Typical FTB
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Electron said:
That's a little harsh. He looks comfortable but throws it away, it's all in his mind.

I noticed that he had gained a lot of weight before the English series, getting too lazy perhaps.
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Doesn't matter. He's averaging 24 in 10 away tests this year. Thats an awful record. Anyone else in his place would have lost his spot by now.

His home average is 75 and away average is 29. Those are clearly stats of a FTB and its upto Pujara to change that perception now.
 
A bit too early to judge, he has looked quite comfortable and then just throws it away. Seems more like a temperament issue then a technical one.
 
cricketindiafan said:
Doesn't matter. He's averaging 24 in 10 away tests this year. Thats an awful record. Anyone else in his place would have lost his spot by now.

His home average is 75 and away average is 29. Those are clearly stats of a FTB and its upto Pujara to change that perception now.
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Yeah, this should ideally be his last chance.
 
I rated him very high at the start of his career! I was very impressed! And even predicted his average will be above 60 or so in Test cricket lol! But dont know now he is passing through an ordinary phase! Lets see if he can liven up again!
 
Could be some mental issues, or perhaps he is an FTB. It seems to be the former though. If he has one more series failure, he could get dropped and may have to fight his way back into the side. His home/away average is heavily skewed now and if he cannot fix this fast, the FTB tag is here to stay for a long time.
 
cricketindiafan said:
Shows that you have no clue and made that up. Played 3 matches, failed in the first, hit 90* and 100* in the next 2 which his side won.
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Nothing unusual for Engineer Saab. In the post above this one, he actually called Indian International Test decks flats based on the evidence that Jadeja scored a couple Ranji Triples.

Not to mention, his signature where he lists some no-name IPL/Ranji bowlers to take a dig at Indian fast bowling. :facepalm:
 
Electron said:
Yeah, this should ideally be his last chance.
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We have lots of home matches coming up so he will be fine.

I hope he says no to IPL (where he mostly warms benches) and instead has a full season with Derbyshire who are keen to have him back. Will help him immensely.
 
As one of the biggest Pujara fan (probably the biggest fan in PP), this is heartbreaking but fact is that Pujara AS OF NOW is a FTB and he now has to live with that tag for another year and a half I guess.

His slide started from the NZ tour.

Any real cricket fan with a bit of good cricketing sense would understand why Pujara was rated so high in the past. He did very well in SA too.

He was rated not because of his runs but because how HOPELESS he made the opponents feel.

I still remember how countless English fans in cricinfo would talk about how their team must dismiss everyone and leave Pujara stranded. I am not kidding. Those were the days when he just wouldn't even look like getting beaten leave alone get out.

Now...he has scored some runs in Aus but looks unconvincing to the core.

This Pujara looks NOTHING like the old Pujara who blew away everyone.

Truly disappointed with him.

He has to come out of this slump. If not, he will be dropped (rightfully so).

Pujara is not the most talented shot making wise but I will still maintain that mindset (test mindset), patience, ability to construct innings, seeing off tough spells, etc - he is something else. But that's my view about the OLD Pujara who hardly used to get beaten let alone get out. This NEW Pujara cannot put bat on ball in the easiest of non-swing tracks in Aus.

I know that we probably may never see the old Pujara and there is a possibility that he could fade away without regaining his old self but that's there is always a hope that he might turn it around.

Right now, he is rightly criticized. As of now, he will be considered an FTB (rightly so).
 
cricketindiafan said:
We have lots of home matches coming up so he will be fine.

I hope he says no to IPL (where he mostly warms benches) and instead has a full season with Derbyshire who are keen to have him back. Will help him immensely.
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Wouldn't come to this. IPL will say no to him, he is light-years away from being T20 material.
 
Electron said:
Wouldn't come to this. IPL will say no to him, he is light-years away from being T20 material.
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Franchisees will still pick him and use him for their promos and other events, if not for main tournament. Thats how it works :(
 
I think we should give him a break. Many Asian batsmen in the past have failed miserably on their first tours to Eng/Nz/Sa/Aus only to turn it around on their 2nd tour. Anyway India are not playing an away Test series for next 2 years so he has enough time to work on his weaknesses. I have no doubt that he will turn it around.
 
biggestdravidfan said:
I think we should give him a break. Many Asian batsmen in the past have failed miserably on their first tours to Eng/Nz/Sa/Aus only to turn it around on their 2nd tour. Anyway India are not playing an away Test series for next 2 years so he has enough time to work on his weaknesses. I have no doubt that he will turn it around.
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That is actually bad news for Pujara. The last thing he needs is a break from playing the tough games. He may score big at home now, and when they go out after 2 years it will be the same story. You get better only by toughing it out and not by hiding at home.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
As one of the biggest Pujara fan (probably the biggest fan in PP), this is heartbreaking but fact is that Pujara AS OF NOW is a FTB and he now has to live with that tag for another year and a half I guess.

His slide started from the NZ tour.

Any real cricket fan with a bit of good cricketing sense would understand why Pujara was rated so high in the past. He did very well in SA too.

He was rated not because of his runs but because how HOPELESS he made the opponents feel.

I still remember how countless English fans in cricinfo would talk about how their team must dismiss everyone and leave Pujara stranded. I am not kidding. Those were the days when he just wouldn't even look like getting beaten leave alone get out.

Now...he has scored some runs in Aus but looks unconvincing to the core.

This Pujara looks NOTHING like the old Pujara who blew away everyone.

Truly disappointed with him.

He has to come out of this slump. If not, he will be dropped (rightfully so).

Pujara is not the most talented shot making wise but I will still maintain that mindset (test mindset), patience, ability to construct innings, seeing off tough spells, etc - he is something else. But that's my view about the OLD Pujara who hardly used to get beaten let alone get out. This NEW Pujara cannot put bat on ball in the easiest of non-swing tracks in Aus.

I know that we probably may never see the old Pujara and there is a possibility that he could fade away without regaining his old self but that's there is always a hope that he might turn it around.

Right now, he is rightly criticized. As of now, he will be considered an FTB (rightly so).
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Pujara's speciality was that he would initially grind the opposition into submission with solid defensive game, and when the bowlers got tired, he would unleash all his ferocity and just tear them to shreds. Pujara is that kind of player who looks worse than his usual self if he does not convert those starts, because he looks sublime on his second wind. He needs a couple of confidence building innings to get back into the groove.
 
IndianWillow said:
That is actually bad news for Pujara. The last thing he needs is a break from playing the tough games. He may score big at home now, and when they go out after 2 years it will be the same story. You get better only by toughing it out and not by hiding at home.
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What i'm trying to say is that he has enough time work on his weaknesses and go on tours as a much improved batsman.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
As one of the biggest Pujara fan (probably the biggest fan in PP), this is heartbreaking but fact is that Pujara AS OF NOW is a FTB and he now has to live with that tag for another year and a half I guess.

His slide started from the NZ tour.

Any real cricket fan with a bit of good cricketing sense would understand why Pujara was rated so high in the past. He did very well in SA too.

He was rated not because of his runs but because how HOPELESS he made the opponents feel.

I still remember how countless English fans in cricinfo would talk about how their team must dismiss everyone and leave Pujara stranded. I am not kidding. Those were the days when he just wouldn't even look like getting beaten leave alone get out.

Now...he has scored some runs in Aus but looks unconvincing to the core.

This Pujara looks NOTHING like the old Pujara who blew away everyone.

Truly disappointed with him.

He has to come out of this slump. If not, he will be dropped (rightfully so).

Pujara is not the most talented shot making wise but I will still maintain that mindset (test mindset), patience, ability to construct innings, seeing off tough spells, etc - he is something else. But that's my view about the OLD Pujara who hardly used to get beaten let alone get out. This NEW Pujara cannot put bat on ball in the easiest of non-swing tracks in Aus.

I know that we probably may never see the old Pujara and there is a possibility that he could fade away without regaining his old self but that's there is always a hope that he might turn it around.

Right now, he is rightly criticized. As of now, he will be considered an FTB (rightly so).
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Everyone makes their methodology look amazing when they are on a purple patch. Glenn Maxwell had one during the WC and IPL and left everyone speechless. Same with Steve Smith now, Kohli in the period ending with the T20 WC. One has to look at a player in conditions outside of the purple patch as well. Kohli's been performing for years, and has godly limited overs stats over a good sample. Pujara's Test performances had a low sample size and were biased to comfort-zone conditions. He's not bad, but this is just simple reversion to the mean.

The reason Pujara was over-hyped is that some test match 'purists' are nostalgic and starved of people they can identify with, and so his old-school approach captured the imagination and they went overboard. They might now be a little shocked now that David Warner and B.B. Mccullum are succeeding while treating Tests like an ODI in Warner's case and full-blown T20 style with Mccullum.
 
I don't see the temperament which made him such a formidable batsman. The guy literally looked like never getting out.

I remember banners such

" The wall under reconstruction by Pujara!"

" The wall new and improved!"

Something is definitely wrong with Pujara. A mental hurdle.
 
cricketindiafan said:
We have lots of home matches coming up so he will be fine.

I hope he says no to IPL (where he mostly warms benches) and instead has a full season with Derbyshire who are keen to have him back. Will help him immensely.
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He needs IPL. All the other India regulars have three formats they can use to get back into form and contention and playing the top-level opposition. Pujara's just got 8/9 matches an year and if he's playing badly in those there's not much way back, because the exposure and practice isn't there.

The big problem is IPL doesn't need him, and no IPL team will buy him, because they know it's suicidal because he's just flat-out hopeless at T20s.
 
Guy is out of form.Can happen to anybody and he will surely get back to his best.Watched him at Durban on a first day pitch against likes of Morkel,Steyn and Philander was a masterclass.
 
biggestdravidfan said:
What i'm trying to say is that he has enough time work on his weaknesses and go on tours as a much improved batsman.
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Unless his weaknesses are all mental, it is difficult to fix these weaknesses without going on the difficult tours. If he starts playing well in India straightaway after a series of failures abroad the issues are not mental - then he needs to work on his game and could go on the A tours I guess. If he fails in India also, issues are definitely mental and he alone can help himself then.
 
Tend to agree with SIF here. When he was rated highly, it was justified. But he has largely regressed since the SA tour. A case in point being his SPIN PLAYING ABILITY.

The OLD Pujara grinded Swann and Panesar to dust on rank-turners in India in 2012, when other batsmen like Kohli, Dhoni were absolutely struggling against them. He looked like an accomplished player of spin bowling. But the NEW Pujara looks hopeless even against lesser spinners like Lyon. IMO, The NEW Pujara isnt even an FTB as he would struggle to play on turners at home.

Is this transformation due to dodgy knees, bad form or technical flaws I don't know. But needs to quickly turn it around somehow.
 
This thread should be merged with the main thread on CP.


Anyway, I think I wrote earlier & more & more convinced with that - he is been predominantly front-foot player, outside home been too cautious & been restricted of scoring. It's not that he has concentration problem - he is batting for hours together & getting out to good balls. But, in a series where average scoring rate is 4, he is scoring at the rate of 2; which means he is staying enough time on the wicket & getting out to a good ball finally. On Indian wickets, he can stay for days & pile up runs. Since the Jo'burg Test, it's 10.5 Tests so far - more or less this has been his career. I am sure every team worked out his scoring areas & blocked his scoring.

Once again, I appreciate the Indian selectors - India has a great batting culture & the selectors understand the batting fundamentals. For someone like Pujara (who averages close to 60 in Domestic List A, bashing Ranji bowlers on Indian OD Tracks), he would have played over 100 ODI for PAK by now.

He has still to convince me that, he is better than Sanjay Manjrekar - who looked more solid & correct, until touring outside Asia.
 
Sadly, I think time has come to conclude he is an FTB. His away record isn't half good as home. Agreed, he has been at the receiving end of some poor decisions and brilliant deliveries/catches, but still he has to make his starts count. Mentally very weak and looks so circumspect vs spinners.

Finally, I am left thinking, what happened to that Pujara who played Steyn and co with such brilliance in Cape Town 2011?
 
CricketAnalyst said:
Everyone makes their methodology look amazing when they are on a purple patch. Glenn Maxwell had one during the WC and IPL and left everyone speechless. Same with Steve Smith now, Kohli in the period ending with the T20 WC. One has to look at a player in conditions outside of the purple patch as well. Kohli's been performing for years, and has godly limited overs stats over a good sample. Pujara's Test performances had a low sample size and were biased to comfort-zone conditions. He's not bad, but this is just simple reversion to the mean.

The reason Pujara was over-hyped is that some test match 'purists' are nostalgic and starved of people they can identify with, and so his old-school approach captured the imagination and they went overboard. They might now be a little shocked now that David Warner and B.B. Mccullum are succeeding while treating Tests like an ODI in Warner's case and full-blown T20 style with Mccullum.
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Pujara has been brilliant in A tours.

Plus batsmen with solid technical game have a higher probability of coming back from bad patches compared to guys like Maxwell. Best example is Sehwag. Pure natural talent which is why no one knew how to help him when he was out of nick. Even he didn't know too much hence his bad patch lasted longer than others.

Compare this to Pietersen or Bell who have gone through bad patches and have made a comeback due to solid technique.

I am not saying technique is everything but it helps more often than not. In case of Cook, it isn't helping him much.
 
*had

Pujara always looked brilliant in Test cricket, first class cricket, overseas tours. No reason to believe he would flop this bad overseas.
 
MMHS said:
This thread should be merged with the main thread on CP.


Anyway, I think I wrote earlier & more & more convinced with that - he is been predominantly front-foot player, outside home been too cautious & been restricted of scoring. It's not that he has concentration problem - he is batting for hours together & getting out to good balls. But, in a series where average scoring rate is 4, he is scoring at the rate of 2; which means he is staying enough time on the wicket & getting out to a good ball finally. On Indian wickets, he can stay for days & pile up runs. Since the Jo'burg Test, it's 10.5 Tests so far - more or less this has been his career. I am sure every team worked out his scoring areas & blocked his scoring.

Once again, I appreciate the Indian selectors - India has a great batting culture & the selectors understand the batting fundamentals. For someone like Pujara (who averages close to 60 in Domestic List A, bashing Ranji bowlers on Indian OD Tracks), he would have played over 100 ODI for PAK by now.

He has still to convince me that, he is better than Sanjay Manjrekar - who looked more solid & correct, until touring outside Asia.
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Exactly. He has to score whenever there is opportunity on these wickets. A good ball will get you so you have to make every ball count. Dravid wasn't very successful in Oz and SA due to his scoring rates - if you get to play 100 balls get 60 or 70 here and not 40, else you may not make a lot of runs.
 
IndianWillow said:
Pujara's speciality was that he would initially grind the opposition into submission with solid defensive game, and when the bowlers got tired, he would unleash all his ferocity and just tear them to shreds. Pujara is that kind of player who looks worse than his usual self if he does not convert those starts, because he looks sublime on his second wind. He needs a couple of confidence building innings to get back into the groove.
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The problem with him is that these days while grinding itself he hardly looks convincing.

Its not like he is doing Step 1 well and faltering in Step 2. Even Step 1 is messed up these days.

Maybe its a mental issue. Maybe a serious technical glitch.

Like what Ashwin faced. For many, Ashwin failed against England because he tried too many variations. While that is true, it wasn't the main reason. There was a problem in his run up (as pointed out by his coach Sunil Subramaniam) which affected his rhythm and ability to land the ball where he wanted.

When he sorted it out, he tore Aussies into shreds. Again the reason given was that Aussies are weaker players of spin hence Ashwin did well. While THAT ALSO is true (Aussies are really weak against spin), the main reason he did well because he sorted his technical issues and landed the ball where he wanted (and cut down on his variations quite a bit).

Then against SA in Joberg, he went and picked up some bad habits, messed up his radar (may not have been the same run up issue), and got thrown out of the team.

Right now, we don't know what the real issue is.

1. Weak knees
2. Slower reflexes (if this is the case, he is gone)
3. Some tech issue
4. Mental issue
5. Confidence issue

It could be any of the above. But what you say is right. He REALLY needs some confidence boosting innings.
 
He's a quality bat. He'll come good. Aussie wickets this tour have been flat any way. Maybe he's just over thinking things.
 
Hes not a FTB.FTB is someone who looks clueless away from flat tracks like Rohit.He looks solid but then gets out.However hes not throwing it away but getting in a shell

As for home-away record,hes done well in SA and absolutely owned Swann,Monty and Lyon on square turners,Kohli and Rahane can only dream of that.All Indian tracks are not flat.

As of now he should swap places with Rahane imo.But his place in team is as secure as ever.It'd be really stupid to drop him
 
This thread is laughable. Kohli was considered FTB before he smashed Aussies in Tests. Suddenly he is great.

Pujara is on an extended lean patch, has been for about an year now since the end of SA series. He is gritty so atleast making 40s-50s etc but not able to convert due to concentration issues.

My opinion is that marriage was a bit of distraction for him and he is a bit laid back now, gained a lot of weight.
Maybe his better half is a great cook but he needs to get professional again.

Lost the extra pounds, work hard on his technique. I still think he is one of the best players we have and will come back strongly.

When he is on his purple patch, you would really see something.
 
^^another thing is that Pujara should stop altering his technique to get into ODI team. He is a test player and should remain such.
 
Noobosauras said:
This thread is laughable. Kohli was considered FTB before he smashed Aussies in Tests. Suddenly he is great.

Pujara is on an extended lean patch, has been for about an year now since the end of SA series. He is gritty so atleast making 40s-50s etc but not able to convert due to concentration issues.

My opinion is that marriage was a bit of distraction for him and he is a bit laid back now, gained a lot of weight.
Maybe his better half is a great cook but he needs to get professional again.

Lost the extra pounds, work hard on his technique. I still think he is one of the best players we have and will come back strongly.

When he is on his purple patch, you would really see something.
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Those pitches are flat? Unless you are under the presumption that Australia can only produce fast and bouncy wickets you are ill informed.

The real test of Australia was due to the bowling attack led by McGrath, and the fact that the pitches were actually spicy. I take the word of a world-class international bowler like Haris - who says these pitches are highways - than an armchair expert in India. When a debutant like Hazlewood and the likes of Johnson, Haris and Stark are smashing big scores at ~100 SR then the pitch is flat, no question about that.
 
Noobosauras said:
My opinion is that marriage was a bit of distraction for him and he is a bit laid back now, gained a lot of weight.
Maybe his better half is a great cook but he needs to get professional again.
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I don't understand why a lot of Indian people feel the need to blame partners for cricketers downfalls. First it was Kohli and this Anushka nonsense and now its Pujara's marriage LOL.
 
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Haz95 said:
I don't understand why a lot of Indian people feel the need to blame partners for cricketers downfalls. First it was Kohli and this Anushka nonsense and now its Pujara's marriage LOL.
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Meh, no one is blaming his partner, but blaming him for being too relaxed after marriage. Lifestyle changes after marriage.
 
AUS wickets are best in the world mostly (before they started to put drop down wickets). 6 venues 'll offer the players 6 different types of challenge.

AUS wickets are built on firm base with lots of clay content & deep rooted grass. These makes the wickets hard, bouncy, fast & compact. Ball comes to bat at a nice pace & at even bounce, if a batsman is set & in form, there are no better place that AUS for stroke makers. At the same time, if a fast bowler is ready to bend his back or spinner is ready to flight, he is bound to get wickets. I have seen several times, like teams have posted 250 in 2 sessions & then have lost 7 wickets in next session. Toss is almost immaterial in AUS - Day 1 ball 'll swing & seam, Day 2 it becomes faster as the wicket dries up, Day 3 is probably best for batting, from day 4 on wards, cracks open up. Batting first, one can go to Day 1 lunch at 80/5, bowling first one can find chasing 300 on Day 5 with cracks more than a cm wide everywhere on good length.

Best place to play cricket unless you are a medium pacer, unless you are a line-length/part-time spinner, unless you are a stone-waller - defensive batsman whose fundamental batting is plant front-foot and wait for half-vollies. Dravid, Atherton & now Pujara is finding it hard. AUS is a place for "On the rise" cricket - I believe, once at WACA, Barry Richards scored 325 in a day against Lillee, MaxWalker & few other fast bowlers in a shield game. I hardly miss the opportunity to watch a Test match in AUS. However, Big Bash (& drop down wicket) is taking the character out of Aussie wickets to my disgust.
 
Noobosauras said:
This thread is laughable. Kohli was considered FTB before he smashed Aussies in Tests. Suddenly he is great.

Pujara is on an extended lean patch, has been for about an year now since the end of SA series. He is gritty so atleast making 40s-50s etc but not able to convert due to concentration issues.

My opinion is that marriage was a bit of distraction for him and he is a bit laid back now, gained a lot of weight.
Maybe his better half is a great cook but he needs to get professional again.

Lost the extra pounds, work hard on his technique. I still think he is one of the best players we have and will come back strongly.

When he is on his purple patch, you would really see something.
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I really don't know what to say. This is more stupid than the stuff we read about Virat and Anushka.

BTW he's perfectly fine at ODI. 1 look at his List A performances show that he's probably BETTER at ODI than Test and he's capable of scoring reasonably there. He got a trial in Bangladesh in unplayable conditions where 120 was a par score, and still did OK.

It's T20 where he's out of his depth and shouldn't bother.
 
long story short he is a good player but not the legend indians are expecting him to be.
 
Cricket_Engineer said:
Garbage FTB. I said this in another thread
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This Pujara guy flopped for Derbyshire if I recall correctly.

If avg of 55 is considered a failure, then yes he has flopped for derbyshire

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/teams/derbyshire/averages

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Cheteshwar Pujara: Derbyshire return interests India batsman

India Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has said he would like to return to Derbyshire next season.
Pujara, 26, played the final three matches after joining in August and scored a century in the comprehensive win over Leicestershire in the final County Championship game of the season.
"I am really honoured to score a hundred," Pujara told BBC Radio Derby.
"I really enjoyed my experience playing three games and I hope I get a chance to come back - if time permits."
[B]Elite performance director Graeme Welch said Derbyshire were equally keen on renewing the partnership, but said any deal depends on Pujara's availability.
"He has fitted in very well and he has to see what his commitments are internationally," said Welch. "But we would be very interested in him."[/B]
 
He will come good sooner or later. He is not struggling cuz of poor technique but the ability to place an innings.
 
He's still the best or at par with rahane as the batting mainstay. just got a few rough decisions lately and also low on confidence
 
How can you call Pujara FTB? He is failing on these flat tracks in Australia.
 
cricketindiafan said:
While Vijay, Rahane and Kohli have enhanced their reputation in these back to back 4 away series in last 12 months, Pujara has fallen behind and the tag of FTB on him looks real now.
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How is he an FTB when he took on a dominant Swann and co. in tough spinning conditions the last time England toured?
 
If anything, it's these Australian decks which are concrete slabs.
 
He needs to dig in tomorrow, and give support to the trio of Rahane, Kohli and Vijay. I sense that only one of those three will perform tomorrow, and will need Pujara to grind it out with them. If he fails, then India doesn't really have a chance of drawing this.
 
Technically he looks decent its probably just a mental thing. This guy on rank turners was grinding out tons looking unstoppable. He has shown the ability to stick in there getting starts but hes hes batting too slow for Aussie conditions.
 
I recall that Dravid, before the 2003-04 tour of Australia was described in a similar manner as Pujara- someone who was not good enough on Australian pitches. How well he changed perceptions in that series. today people consider him as an all time great.

Pujara did something similar in the first test at Adelaide. Some 18 years later in 2036, another Indian one down batsman may well find himself being described as a poor replacement for a slot earlier occupied by Pujara. :)
 
latecut said:
I recall that Dravid, before the 2003-04 tour of Australia was described in a similar manner as Pujara- someone who was not good enough on Australian pitches. How well he changed perceptions in that series. today people consider him as an all time great.

Pujara did something similar in the first test at Adelaide. Some 18 years later in 2036, another Indian one down batsman may well find himself being described as a poor replacement for a slot earlier occupied by Pujara. :)
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Inall fairness, Pujara knock was better than Dravid's - came on a much tougher pitch where even 300 was a premium and against better quality bowlers IMO. Gillespie, Bichell, Williams, Mcgill will any day get trumped by an attack of Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon
 
With India at 19/3 and 40/4 in the first innings, most Indian fans were ready to write off the series. But Pujara refused to be beaten...
 
Napa said:
With India at 19/3 and 40/4 in the first innings, most Indian fans were ready to write off the series. But Pujara refused to be beaten...
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Absolutely, could have lost the test and series in that first session itself. More you think about it, better this 100 by Pujara looks.
 
Cheteshwar Pujara is the most overrated cricketer of the last decade

Bats like a tailender trying to survive.
 
He is not overrated. He had his moments as he has won India a test series win in Australia.

His problem is he mostly blocks vs pace and then scores vs spin. Given his lack of shots vs pace, he is bound to get bogged out and ultimately get out and that is the reason he struggles outside Asia. Not the most skillful out there but extremely gritty and a tough guy.

6000+ runs at average of 45+ is a good enough career.
 
There are guys here who were billing Kohli>> Tendulkar and Pujara>> Dravid

Embarrassing
 
He's not over-rated but he needs to be dropped.

He might have played his last test match for India.

One of the most clutch batsman I have ever seen.

Without him, we never would have won twice in Aus.

With that being said, he is a BIG burden for the team.

If he's good enough, he will find a way back.

But mostly, it's the end of his test career.
 
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