There are times when strike rate hardly matters: Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara, one of the heroes instrumental in Team India’s 2-1 series win in Australia earlier this month, has spoken about his strike rate, something which was talked about during the series despite the success he was having.
“There are times when strike rate hardly matters. Every batsman has a role to play. The team management completely understands that. Whether it was Ravi bhai (coach) or Vicky bhai (batting coach) or Ajinkya, they just told me to keep batting the way I bat,” Pujara said, according to PTI.
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India’s number 3 also said the situation in the series — a rampaging Australian pace attack boring down on an injury-depleted Indian side — demanded that he hold one end up, saying that he rotates strike more when the situation demands such batting.
“You can’t just bat in one way. It is good to have stroke players like Rohit and Rishabh at the other end so I just need to bat the way I do,” said the Rajkot-based cricketer.
