Pujara came with an intent to score runs and showed his character: Rohit Sharma

Indias senior opener Rohit Sharma believes that a player of Cheteshwar Pujaras stature doesnt need to be told anything about his batting and the innings of 91 not out in the third Test against England showed his intent and characterBy stumps on the third evening India reached 215 for two in their second innings courtesy Pujara and Rohit who scored a halfcentury while skipper Virat Kohli was also closing in on his milestone You are talking about someone who has played 80odd Test matches I dont think anything needs to be shown to him before Test matchesYes there are times to go and show all of that but during Test matches there isnt time to go into the detail of what you are doing and what you want to do as a batter Rohit told mediapersons when asked if Pujara was shown old video clips of his batting The much talkedabout word whenever Pujara comes in to bat is intent and Rohit felt that their number three batsman has that in abundance Pujara definitely came with an intent to score runs and this innings of ours was never about survival said Rohit who himself scored 59We came with an intent to score runs Pujara clearly showed that Anything loose he pounced and that showed he had intent in his batting He showed that any loose deliveries wont be spared Rohit acknowledged that Pujara went through a rough patch adding that this innings showed his character Of course of late the runs havent come but that doesnt mean that quality of Pujara has gone missing You must have seen today that it wasnt the easiest of situations to go in when you are 300 odd behind And to bat the way he batted showed the character and mindset of an individual as well Someone who has gone everywhere and scored runsHowever Rohit also admitted that with 139 runs still in arrears India are still in danger and wants Pujara to bat well on the fourth day also From his perspective he has done well but the teams job is not done yet We have a crucial couple of days coming and hopefully he can put his head down and keep batting like the way he doesThe criticism of Pujara according to Rohit has been an external thing as the team very well knows his value To be honest there hasnt been any talks Talks are happening outside We know his quality and experience and I dont think we need to have much of a discussion If you talk about recent performance yes he has not scored runs but we saw crucial partnership between him and Ajinkya at LordsNot to forget what he did in Australia He played those crucial knocks for winning the series in Australia The stylish batsman urged people not to have a short memory when it comes to achievers Sometimes our memories are shortened and we need to think what the guy has done over the years Its not about one or two innings or series he statedAlso Read Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United againThis 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