5 life lessons from Cheteshwar Pujara

#3 Strong self-belief

Pujara on his way to the century at SCG

Pujara has an innate ability to bat like a saint on the cricket pitch. He knows his strength perfectly as he first tries to grind the bowlers without taking any risks. After a period of time when the bowlers have played all their tricks and he is well set, then Pujara normally increases his scoring rate with precise caution.

He understands his off stump probably better than most of the current players and frustrates the bowling side with his accurate judgment of line and length. Then the bowling team starts to commit mistakes and that's the time when he feasts on.

The advantage with Pujara excelling is that he not only scores runs but also slogs out hours on the field frustrating opposition bowlers. With him playing with solidarity the other batsmen can play around him and help to build good first innings score, which is so vital on an overseas tour.