As the Twenty20 frenzy kicks off on April 8 with the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Cheteshwar Pujara will be quietly polishing his batting skills away from the spotlight on the English county cricket circuit.


Cheteshwar Pujara cuts his way to 81 against Derbyshire, watched by wicketkeeper Harvey Hosein on July 2, 2014. Pic/Getty Images 

With no IPL teams picking Pujara in the last auction, India's No 3 Test batsman was signed by Yorkshire County Cricket Club after Pakistan's Younis Khan pulled out. The opportunity seemed to have come at the right time, and ex-India Test opener Wasim Jaffer, who often goes to England to play league cricket during the off-season in India, wants the Saurashtra lad to make the most of his second opportunity with a county side.