IPL 2021 - Pujara opens up on his batting skills

1. IPL 2021 - Pujara opens up on his batting skills Cheteshwar Pujara is returning into the Indian Premier League (IPL) after seven years and he will be playing under the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in 2021. While he is one of the best batsmen in the longer format, he does not have a great record in T20 cricket or even in the IPL too. In a recent interview with ESPNCricinfo, he opens up about the challenges of switching from one format to another, his batting skills and issues with strike rate as well. He also said that he was worried a bit about his approach but it was Rahul Dravid who guided him well and now he is over it and he believes he can do well in the T20 format too. Image source by twitter “Absolutely. It all comes with experience. When I was playing the T20 format in the past, I had a little bit of a worry that what if my Test cricket gets spoiled? Then there will be some technical error once the IPL gets over. But now I am over that. What I realised over a period of time is my natural game, my strengths, will never go away,” he shared. You can catch Match Prediction, IPL prediction, live cricket score on Cricadium’s. Pujara believed that if a batsman can handle the red cherry well then playing the white ball was like a jog in the park for that batsman. He further added that it’s just about making the mental change and nothing else. He added that mentally if anyone is ready to make some adjustments, he doesn’t need to take a lot of pressure as in the shorter format one just needs to express them and play all the shots he can as well.

2. Image source by instagram Moreover, strike rate is the other thing that bothers Pujara even in Test cricket too. When he was asked how he will tackle this problem in the T20 format, he replied that he will play proper cricketing shots and depend on his timing. “The stability, the cricketing sense – to read the bowler, to understand the bowler, to understand the situation. It is something I have learned by playing the Test format, and even shorter formats. I have played limited-overs cricket in domestic cricket [in India] as well in county cricket. Just by playing those matches you realise what you can do in a particular situation. So that is something which can be helpful, because you need to understand what a bowler is trying to do, how the pitch is behaving, and what the shots are that you can play on a particular pitch. And when it comes to strike rate, yes, I agree that I’m not a power-hitter. But at the same time, you learn from players like Virat and Rohit, they are not purely power-hitters, but one of the best timers of the ball I have seen in the shorter formats,” concluded Pujara. Follow Cricadium for IPL Live Score, IPL Match Prediction, IPL 2021, Stats, Latest Cricket News and match prediction Stay updated with all the cricketing roster, records, history & action.