Thursday, October 23, 2008

Pujara-New kid on the block?

From what I have heard,triple tons don't happen everyday, but Cheteshwar Pujara seems to have made a habit of it now. The elegant Saurashtra right-hander scored his second consecutive triple century in the West Zone leg of the National U-22 tournament on Monday which has brought the limelight on him. While against Mumbai, Pujara batted for 539 minutes and played 379 balls, against Maharashtra, he had scored 386 off 696 minutes. However, Debu Mitra, the Saurashtra coach who has groomed Pujara for the past four seasons, feels that much like Dravid, it's Pujara's defence which makes him such a good player. The chairman of the national selection committee, K Srikkanth, too, pointed out that they are following Pujara with a lot of interest.Pujarawas the Man-of-the-Series in the 2006 U-19 World Cup.

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