India vs Sri Lanka 2017: 1st Test, Day 3 - 5 things we learnt from the day's play

#4 Pujara's issues against in-swing

Pujara is India's best bet in tough batting conditions

Cheteshwar Pujara is a dogged run-scorer. He nurdles, caresses and tenders the ball to fetch runs rather than walloping it to the fence. He may not be as effective as Dhawan or Kohli on flat decks. But nobody beats him when the situation demands batting out time.

He scored a handy half-century against the Lankans across two days marred by rain but found himself cleaned up by Lahiru Gamage. Gamage managed to seam the ball in and exploited a weakness long known in Pujara's batting. The South African seamers would have been watching and taking notes to exploit this chink in the Saurashtra batsman's armoury.