Cheteshwar has got his 'flow' back with better match practice, says father

Regular match observe, one thing Cheteshwar Pujara used to be now not in a position to get because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is the cause of the India batter’s constant run within the ongoing County Championship,

reckons his father and coach Arvind Pujara.

Pujara, a veteran of 95 Tests, discovered himself out of the Indian group after the sequence loss in South Africa along Ajinkya Rahane.

The consistency that has made him play with reference to 100 Tests used to be now not there over previous 3 seasons when he averaged not up to 30, forcing the selectors to seem past him for the house sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka.

But with two double centuries and 100 in 3 video games for Sussex

this season, Pujara is doing what’s in his regulate as he appears to be like to make a comeback for the one-off Test in England in July.

“I feel the lack of game time was a big reason why he could not be consistent over the past three seasons,” his father Arvind, who stays his best non-public coach until date, instructed PTI.

The pandemic struck, Ranji Trophy used to be now not going down and Cheteshwar being a one layout participant, discovered himself enjoying sequence to sequence with no heat up video games too, once in a while with lengthy gaps in between (when India performed white-ball cricket).

“When you play the likes of Australia and England, you have to be on the top of your game as you don’t get loose balls that you may get at the domestic level.

“There weren’t sufficient video games for him to play on the home stage to be in a position for larger battles. That I think impacted his consistency on the very best stage.”

“Now that he’s attending to play ceaselessly, you’ll see the consistency is back in his sport,” said the father cum coach.

The 34-year-old did play three Ranji Trophy games this season as the premier domestic event made its return after two years.