Pujara says playing English bowlers boosted his confidence – Cricket News Update
Ecstatic after having scored a blistering double ton in a Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Pujara-c1209 has said that playing against a formidable English attack this winter gave him a lot of confidence.
Pujara, the 24-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 last month, compiling a tally of 438 runs at a startling average of over 87. The tally also included a match-winning unbeaten double
century (206*) at Ahmedabad and a 135 in Mumbai. The right-hander repeatedly used his feet against ace England spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024, and drew praise from cricket pundits for his assured manner of handling quality spin.
The emerging Indian star displayed a little-seen side of his batting during Saurashtra’s 227-run win in Rajkot, as he went from 150 to 200 in just 17 balls, hitting a hapless Madhya Pradesh attack for sensational shots all around the park. This was Pujara’s
fifth first-class double hundred. On the course, he also hit this http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 season’s leading wicket-taker Ishwar Pandey for five successive fours on a slow, low and slightly uneven pitch.
Pujara said that the belief gained from playing James Anderson's reverse swing had enabled him to hit Pandey for flurry of boundaries.
"When you have faced Anderson, it gives you a lot of confidence," Pujara told ESPNcricinfo after scoring a match-winning double ton in Rajkot.
"When you can play his reverse swing, this becomes easy. It is also about the experience of playing against some of the best spinners in the world, Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar. When I batted in the second Test in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, the wicket was a square turner.
If you face those kinds of spinners in those conditions, then this is easier."
About his plan to counter the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Madhya-Pradesh-c809 attack on a low and slow Rajkot wicket, Pujara said, "The plan was to play late."
"Actually my initial thinking was to play on the front foot because the odd ball was keeping low. But they were bowling a bit short, so I could get singles and also hit the odd boundary in an over," added the right-hander, who has to date played nine Tests
for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and averages 58.53 with the bat.
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