Ahmedabad: Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a double century on Friday, said that batting at No. 3 position was a great responsibility and that missing out on a hundred against England in the warm-up game inspired him to score big in the first Test here.
“Batting at number three is a huge responsibility. You are most of the time facing the new ball," said Pujara, who has been quite consistent at the domestic level.
Pujara batted for close to nine hours for his unbeaten knock of 206 runs in India's first innings total of 521 for eight declared and joined the elite club of Indian batsmen to have scored a double century in Test.
"I got out for 87 in the practice match and that inspired me to score a hundred and then a double hundred," said Pujara, who became the sixth Indian batsman to record a double ton against England.
Pujara said that he was quite comfortable playing the English bowlers on the slow-paced track which had low bounce. “I had faced all the bowlers except Graeme Swann in the practice game so I was watchful for a few overs against him and then I was comfortable against all the bowlers," said Pujara.
Pujara said after having achieved its target of scoring 500 plus runs, and with three of the England’s batsmen already back in pavilion, India clearly has an upper hand.
By Indian Sports News Network