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Cheteshwar Pujara's father Arvind feels pre-England tour games for Yorkshire helped son to acclimatise better
Cheteshwar Pujara bats for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire during a County Championship match in Leeds last April. Pic/Getty Images
Arvind Pujara
Arvind, who is also Cheteshwar's first coach and mentor, couldn't watch his son score a strokeful 86 in the first Test against the West Indies at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium since he was down with a back problem. Cheteshwar did not make the playing XI for the opening Test against England at Birmingham, but scored a hundred in the fourth Test at Southampton.
India's No. 3 batsman enjoyed his best performance in 2017 when he went past the 1000-run mark in a calendar year for the first time in his career. It gave rise to debates whether Pujara was batting at his best. Arvind, however, dismissed any talk concerning Cheteshwar's peak. "If you start thinking that you have reached your peak, you become complacent and your progress can be hampered. It is not worth thinking about whether this is my best phase or not. Results can go either way, but a good work ethic will always keep you in good stead," concluded Arvind, a former first-class cricketer.
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