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- Updated: October 8, 2016
Speaking at a press conference for the first time since he was dropped for what came to be known in public as slow strike rate in the Tests in the West Indies, Cheteshwar Pujara may have come prepared for a question on the scoring rate. It was naughtily put too.
Pujara was asked what he thought of India’s strike rate on a day that New Zealand bowled with discipline to keep the hosts under three-an-over even though they lost just the three wickets. Pujara saw the slower ball early; he could have hit it out of the park, but chose to respectfully block it.
“This issue has become slightly too big,” Pujara said. “The message [from the team management to him] was to play with intent. When it comes to Test cricket, we don’t need to focus much on strike rate. It’s about having a positive intent. Overall, on such wickets, obviously you can’t keep scoring runs at strike rates above 70-80. You have to play according to the situation, know what the team requires, what number …
