Pujara U The Myannn..

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live link untey cheppandi .. naku thelisina nalugu sitels already blocked ...

[Tadika]

thanks bro ... india lo na usa na baa meeru undedhi ??

India ne bhayya

[SUBBARAVU]

these days flashy ga unte Thappa chance Ivvadam Ledu.. pujara is like vvs. soft .. good batsman but no chances

[aragorn]

:5_2_108: :5_2_108: :5_2_108: pressure on kholi n nohit

[dalapathi]

bl@st bl@st

[ParmQ]

first two test matches lo eedini pakkana korchopetti r sharma ki chance lu ichina kohli gadini 

 

+10000.

[ParmQ]

Good read.

 

Cheteshwar Pujara reminds us what he's really made of

 

And to think, despite carrying India with an excellent century in his comeback Test, Cheteshwar Pujara may not feature in their next one come November 5. Such is the predicament facing the Indian batsman from which there was perhaps the most expectancy in the era post the Fab Five, the domestic run machine whose place at No 3 was all but assured with Rahul Dravid's retirement, and who had scored four centuries, two of them doubles, in his first 11 Test matches.

It cannot be easy being Cheteshwar Pujara.

Before India's tour to England in 2011, Pujara averaged 58.92 in 19 Test matches, with six centuries and four fifties to his credit. Then he was exposed by James Anderson and Stuart Broad across five Tests, from which he tallied 222 runs with a solitary half-century. To improve his game, Pujara signed on for a short stint in county with Derbyshire; he began the Australia tour with 73 in his first innings but nosedived again, with scores of 21, 18, 43, 25 and 21 before he was dropped for the fourth Test at the SCG.

Pujara was an onlooker at the SCG, in Fatullah and Galle, and left to field as substitute for a fair bit at P Sara Oval last week. He held a good catch, smiled when the bowler came towards him. It was good to see. But was he satisfied? We won't know. Not yet at least.

Then came the opportunity he'd been waiting for. Injury to Murali Vijay, the stable opener. Virat Kohli confirmed after the win in Colombo that Pujara would open with KL Rahul while stressing that players in this current team should be prepared to step in for "one-odd Test match" to support the balance and the "ultimate aim" to win games. Pujara had opened four times in three Tests and averaged 101.50 in that spot, scoring fifties in the previous instance he was promoted to the top. But with Kohli's comments, it seemed Pujara's comeback was going to be short-lived. Pujara had to respond, and respond he did.

On day one, Pujara looked on as his opening partner was bowled second ball of the Test, then India's No 3 given lbw a few overs later. On the second morning at the SSC, Pujara lost his skipper Kohli and senior partner Rohit Sharma to prods outside off stump, the latter off the penultimate delivery of the first session. First ball of the afternoon, Pujara's head dropped as Stuart Binny was adjudged lbw. Fifteen overs later, his ally in a punchy partnership of 54, the debutant Naman Ojha, heaved a simple catch to long-on. Moments later, he saw R Ashwin - the bowler whose batting is central to India's five-bowler theory - offer catching practice to Kusal Perera.

Throughout this passage of dismissals and slow run accumulation, Pujara grafted his way to a fine hundred. He didn't let the conditions, the probing Dhammika Prasad or the slew of feeble wickets get to him. Having watched his previous six centuries one will know that this was not his prettiest. It did not carry the supremacy of his 206* against England or the confidence of the 135 in the next Test in Mumbai; it did not lift the senses like his Johannesburg 153; it did not bubble like his 159 against New Zealand in Hyderabad. In fact, his previous half-century, a 73 in Adelaide in December, was more fluent.

But it has the power to stand as an iconic performance. It was a terrific hundred - indeed one of the better ones scored by an Indian batsman in recent times - and what Pujara desperately needed to do for his team. On an individual level, he needed a big score to remind anyone who had forgotten his previous success as a Test batsman and to press for further selection. After gutting it out to 55 by lunch, and after four wickets had been lost, India needed Pujara to convert that into a hundred so the bowlers would have something to bowl at.

Pujara struggled for a majority of this innings, especially during an extended morning session. He was beaten by Dhammika Prasad several times, the gap between bat and pad sizeable enough to elicit a wicket. He thrust forward a lot, not always in control. He was hustled by pace, made to gawk when Rangana Herath spun the ball past his edge. There were times he looked jittery. Once he harried out of his crease for a single and was nearly halfway down the pitch before he saw his captain shoo him back. He blinked a lot. Looked at imaginary patches of rough on the green-tinged SSC surface. Wiped loads of sweat from those piercing eyes. Gulped. Crinkled his nose.

Crucial to his success was playing with soft hands. Even when he lunged and edged deliveries outside off stump, they fall safely because of the softness of Pujara's grip. Rohit and Kohli could learn a thing or two. As the confidence crept in, Pujara's drives turned crisp and the cuts went finer. Once spin came on, Pujara's footwork gained in precision. He stepped out to Herath, working the ball against the turn and with it, driving into the offside and whipping past midwicket. The bat, previously wonky against the away-going deliveries of Prasad, became firmer when Pujara drove. He went down the ground well, flicked with supple wrists, defended stoutly.

Post his fifty, Pujara was smoother. Even when he lost Ojha when on 86, and then Ashwin, he didn't dip. He looked for singles, keen to work the spinners off their lines. On 99, he came down to Herath and drove a single to mid-off. With rare emotion he celebrated his seventh Test century, both arms raised aloft before a kiss of the Indian flag on his helmet. It was a very different image to the stone-faced passenger of the previous four Tests India played, left to carry drinks and come on as a sub.

Watching that moment of joy, you wished that for Pujara the feeling of being deemed surplus to the Test team's needs, of watching as a new captain put more faith in a five-bowler approach, Rohit and Rahul, had quickly dissipated.

Just after the wicket of Mishra, the TV cameras zoomed in on Pujara during the break, bent over his soggy pads as he laid down his bat and helmet. As the frames per second were slowed, a stream of sweat beads could be seen falling from his face. They were possibly as many as there had been days he missed out on taking the field for India - a reminder of what Pujara had been through between Melbourne and Colombo and how he had toughed it out in his sapping innings. All the concentration, the self restraint, the focus - it has reminded us what Pujara is made of.

In many ways, his comeback has proven tougher than his debut. The hope now is that this mighty effort can provide him a springboard into the next phase of his career. Losing him to the bench again could be crippling - for the man and the team.

[DaleSteyn1]

+10000.

clear ga kanapdthundhi kohli attitude he wants to be different from dhoni lekapothe specialist test batsmen pettukuni r sharma gaadini teesukovadam endhi .But still pujara subcontinent lo ne succeed ayyadu he has to prove himself on upcoming  aus tour if he is a great talent like rahul dravid

[SamosaChai]

inni days women aa

[ParmQ]

clear ga kanapdthundhi kohli attitude he wants to be different from dhoni lekapothe specialist test batsmen pettukuni r sharma gaadini teesukovadam endhi .But still pujara subcontinent lo ne succeed ayyadu he has to prove himself on upcoming  aus tour if he is a great talent like rahul dravid

 

Very true.

[KillChillPandey]

VVGP!!

 

 

Good read.

 

Cheteshwar Pujara reminds us what he's really made of

 

And to think, despite carrying India with an excellent century in his comeback Test, Cheteshwar Pujara may not feature in their next one come November 5. Such is the predicament facing the Indian batsman from which there was perhaps the most expectancy in the era post the Fab Five, the domestic run machine whose place at No 3 was all but assured with Rahul Dravid's retirement, and who had scored four centuries, two of them doubles, in his first 11 Test matches.

It cannot be easy being Cheteshwar Pujara.

Before India's tour to England in 2011, Pujara averaged 58.92 in 19 Test matches, with six centuries and four fifties to his credit. Then he was exposed by James Anderson and Stuart Broad across five Tests, from which he tallied 222 runs with a solitary half-century. To improve his game, Pujara signed on for a short stint in county with Derbyshire; he began the Australia tour with 73 in his first innings but nosedived again, with scores of 21, 18, 43, 25 and 21 before he was dropped for the fourth Test at the SCG.

Pujara was an onlooker at the SCG, in Fatullah and Galle, and left to field as substitute for a fair bit at P Sara Oval last week. He held a good catch, smiled when the bowler came towards him. It was good to see. But was he satisfied? We won't know. Not yet at least.

Then came the opportunity he'd been waiting for. Injury to Murali Vijay, the stable opener. Virat Kohli confirmed after the win in Colombo that Pujara would open with KL Rahul while stressing that players in this current team should be prepared to step in for "one-odd Test match" to support the balance and the "ultimate aim" to win games. Pujara had opened four times in three Tests and averaged 101.50 in that spot, scoring fifties in the previous instance he was promoted to the top. But with Kohli's comments, it seemed Pujara's comeback was going to be short-lived. Pujara had to respond, and respond he did.

On day one, Pujara looked on as his opening partner was bowled second ball of the Test, then India's No 3 given lbw a few overs later. On the second morning at the SSC, Pujara lost his skipper Kohli and senior partner Rohit Sharma to prods outside off stump, the latter off the penultimate delivery of the first session. First ball of the afternoon, Pujara's head dropped as Stuart Binny was adjudged lbw. Fifteen overs later, his ally in a punchy partnership of 54, the debutant Naman Ojha, heaved a simple catch to long-on. Moments later, he saw R Ashwin - the bowler whose batting is central to India's five-bowler theory - offer catching practice to Kusal Perera.

Throughout this passage of dismissals and slow run accumulation, Pujara grafted his way to a fine hundred. He didn't let the conditions, the probing Dhammika Prasad or the slew of feeble wickets get to him. Having watched his previous six centuries one will know that this was not his prettiest. It did not carry the supremacy of his 206* against England or the confidence of the 135 in the next Test in Mumbai; it did not lift the senses like his Johannesburg 153; it did not bubble like his 159 against New Zealand in Hyderabad. In fact, his previous half-century, a 73 in Adelaide in December, was more fluent.

But it has the power to stand as an iconic performance. It was a terrific hundred - indeed one of the better ones scored by an Indian batsman in recent times - and what Pujara desperately needed to do for his team. On an individual level, he needed a big score to remind anyone who had forgotten his previous success as a Test batsman and to press for further selection. After gutting it out to 55 by lunch, and after four wickets had been lost, India needed Pujara to convert that into a hundred so the bowlers would have something to bowl at.

Pujara struggled for a majority of this innings, especially during an extended morning session. He was beaten by Dhammika Prasad several times, the gap between bat and pad sizeable enough to elicit a wicket. He thrust forward a lot, not always in control. He was hustled by pace, made to gawk when Rangana Herath spun the ball past his edge. There were times he looked jittery. Once he harried out of his crease for a single and was nearly halfway down the pitch before he saw his captain shoo him back. He blinked a lot. Looked at imaginary patches of rough on the green-tinged SSC surface. Wiped loads of sweat from those piercing eyes. Gulped. Crinkled his nose.

Crucial to his success was playing with soft hands. Even when he lunged and edged deliveries outside off stump, they fall safely because of the softness of Pujara's grip. Rohit and Kohli could learn a thing or two. As the confidence crept in, Pujara's drives turned crisp and the cuts went finer. Once spin came on, Pujara's footwork gained in precision. He stepped out to Herath, working the ball against the turn and with it, driving into the offside and whipping past midwicket. The bat, previously wonky against the away-going deliveries of Prasad, became firmer when Pujara drove. He went down the ground well, flicked with supple wrists, defended stoutly.

Post his fifty, Pujara was smoother. Even when he lost Ojha when on 86, and then Ashwin, he didn't dip. He looked for singles, keen to work the spinners off their lines. On 99, he came down to Herath and drove a single to mid-off. With rare emotion he celebrated his seventh Test century, both arms raised aloft before a kiss of the Indian flag on his helmet. It was a very different image to the stone-faced passenger of the previous four Tests India played, left to carry drinks and come on as a sub.

Watching that moment of joy, you wished that for Pujara the feeling of being deemed surplus to the Test team's needs, of watching as a new captain put more faith in a five-bowler approach, Rohit and Rahul, had quickly dissipated.

Just after the wicket of Mishra, the TV cameras zoomed in on Pujara during the break, bent over his soggy pads as he laid down his bat and helmet. As the frames per second were slowed, a stream of sweat beads could be seen falling from his face. They were possibly as many as there had been days he missed out on taking the field for India - a reminder of what Pujara had been through between Melbourne and Colombo and how he had toughed it out in his sapping innings. All the concentration, the self restraint, the focus - it has reminded us what Pujara is made of.

In many ways, his comeback has proven tougher than his debut. The hope now is that this mighty effort can provide him a springboard into the next phase of his career. Losing him to the bench again could be crippling - for the man and the team.