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- Updated: July 29, 2016
Having come in at the fall of an early wicket, Cheteshwar Pujara had done most of the hard things right in the Antigua Test. He had seen off the new ball, achieved a 100% control rate against the opposition’s most dangerous bowler, Shannon Gabriel, and gone to lunch unbeaten. Shortly after the break, though, he got himself out, top-edging a pull off legspinner Devendra Bishoo.
With that, his last five scores in Test cricket were 21, 31, 14, 28, and 16. It’s the kind of sequence that, on paper, suggests a batsman isn’t converting his starts, or is losing his concentration too often, and a not-too-dissimilar sequence – though longer – briefly cost Pujara his Test spot in early 2015. Pujara, though, says he isn’t worried about his form. Speaking to the media on Thursday, he pointed out that some of his recent in-between scores were important contributions in a low-scoring home series against South Africa.
“Overall I have been batting well and even in the South Africa series there have been good scores and good batting on challenging wickets,” he said. “So at times you have to be realistic and see the contribution without seeing whether I am getting hundreds or big double-hundreds. It’s always about contributing to the team’s success.
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