Cheteshwar Pujara just needs to convert those starts: Vikram Rathour

Cheteshwar Pujara might have got out cheaply in the first innings of the World Test Championship WTC final but India batting coach Vikram Rathour isnt really concerned about the batsmans formAfter the opening stand of 62 India lost three wickets for 26 runs as Pujara departed in the 41st over reducing India to 883 against New Zealand in the second session of day two of the WTC finalWe are not really concerned and he is a good player I dont think the pace is an issue with him I dont think thats a problem he has Even today till he batted he looked solid and he has a role to play in the team and I think he is doing well Rathour said during a virtual press conference after the end of the days playIndia batting coach Vikram Rathour PicAP PTIToday also he played 50 odd balls He just needs to convert those starts Its going to happen very soon he addedAfter Pujaras wicket skipper Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane stitched a second important partnership with the pair ending the day unbeaten on 44 and 29 respectively in an unbroken stand of 58Rathour was pleased with the way his team kept plugging away after being put in to bat in difficult conditionsKohli and Rahane batted well I would give a lot of credit to Rohit and Gill as well because they started off really well They were challenging conditions when we started It was a fresh wicket we lost the toss and it was overcast all day so credit to all the batters They showed a lot of restraint and a lot of discipline We handled it pretty well said Rathour while replying to a query from ANIA lot of discipline was shown today but there was a lot of intent to score runs as well So its a reasonable day that we had overall he addedAt stumps on Day Two on Saturday Indias score reads 1463 and the batting coach feels anything above 250 would be a good first innings total for India against New ZealandWe are looking to play sessions well and if we keep doing that anything more than 250 plus would be a reasonable score under these conditions said RathourTalking about Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gills opening stand Rathour said If they come good they can take an attack away when they come good They put a lot of pressure on the bowling side Unfortunately both of them got out after getting set Both of them playing the way they play can put a lot of pressure on the bowling sideRathour said the batsmen showed discipline but also scored runs whenever it was possibleI think it had both factors Of course countering the swing is well but the discussion we have had as a team is that we need to be looking for runs wherever we can If a loose ball is offered we have to make it count said RathourWe could see it throughout the day Though we showed discipline I think we looked to score runs whenever there was an opportunity and that was good to see he signed offAlso ReadWTC Final Day 2 Virat Kohli goes past 7500 runs in Test cricketThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever