England vs India 2018: Top 5 individual batting performances in the series

#3 Cheteshwar Pujara - 132* (257), The Ageas Bowl

England v India: Specsavers 5th Test - Day Two

This was a long time coming for Chetheswar Pujara. There were doubts over his defensive approach and his overseas capability. But he silenced his critics with this knock. This was a similar innings to Kohli's hundred in the first Test (which I will get to later), as, during the later stages of the innings, he batted with the tail and farmed the strike, which he did beautifully.

This was also an uncharacteristic knock, as he was forced to go for the big hits because he was batting with the tail. I would have never imagined Pujara coming down the track and hitting Stuart Broad over long on.