Since scoring those three hundreds, Pujara has averaged only 27.60 in 20 Test matches. It was on display during the last Border-Gavaskar series, where, overall, he faced 928 balls, close to a fourth of the balls faced by India, wearing Australia's bowlers down. READ| KL Rahul: Lord's victory will be right up there for meHowever, so far, in 2021, Pujara has made only 434 runs at nearly 29. The team management and Pujara may have acknowledged there's a problem, and recognised the need for redressal. Before the start of the 2018 England series, Pujara had a brief stint with Yorkshire, where he played alongside Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Adam Lyth.

Source: The Hindu August 17, 2021 11:26 UTC