Pujara celebrates his century, on his home ground, under the gaze of his father INDRANIL MUKHERJEE /AFPTest cricket came to Arvind Pujara. So Pujara Sr was sitting there in the stands on the third day, the shape of his eyes and nose the unmistakable link to the man in the middle. Those eyes were trained on the technique of the boy he had groomed, and who is now India’s wall at No 3, as Rahul Dravid had been before him. If the flat, dusty plains of Gujurat produce top-class batsmen, they also produce front-foot batsmen, and Pujara is no exceptionIt is a big deal for Rajkot to be hosting its first Test. A big deal for the local boys, Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja too, but…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 12:01 UTC