It is funny how people are glorifying Pujara after one hundred.
Im pretty sure he was glorified before too, especially he is always ahead of rohit.
That was probably the best century of this year in test cricket so far along with younis's one in the chase though it was relatively better batting circumstances.
Rohit is by far the choice for limited overs.
Not really, he is probably has a better number there, but i see him as a crutch there too, except for the very few matches, against mediocre attacks he hits , he is a liability and eats ball like anything and putting pressure on dhawan.
The one ODI innings i value of him is the ban WC QF century everything else was just soso, the problem with him is he puts the team at a great disadvantage in odi's in the matches he doesnt perform.
I would actually try jinx, vijay or pujara as opener in odi's who have better rotation capability with ability to hit when required especially, jinx and vijay, pujara can do a amla to go with the fire power of dhawan. Having a proper opener will actually get us more out of dhawan in odis.
Pujara has the best List A record of all the above, would be surprised if he cant convert it here.
I mean he need to get atleast 30% of the chance rohit got before he scored a 80 odd runs in one match and the openers slot was etched with his name.
only format i believe rohit can actually claim a place would be t20s.
Im not denying rohit has potential, great looking shots and timing, but he hasn't in 8 years which means he has some problem which is not being identified and rectified, the key to clearing a problem is first accepting you have one, kohli accepted he had one after ENG and is working on it to an extent, pujara did went to county and has got some form together.
With rohit he is in plain denial, just read his recent interview. The worse thing is the ones who are keeping him in the team are the ones doing him the most damage.
Not to mention, his attitude leaves plenty to be desired on the field. (Read Sanjay Manjerekar.. It doesn't matter how you conduct yourself off the field. Kids don't watch that live)
lol i was more embarrassed than anything seeing his head banging, i don't mind bowlers showing aggression after getting a wicket, but couldn't he have made something cool like lee fist bump or something. But then being Ishy shouldn't have had high expectations for him to do something cool.
