India's senior opener Rohit Sharma believes that a player of Cheteshwar Pujara's stature doesn't 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 "character".

By stumps on the third evening, India reached 215 for two in their second innings courtesy Pujara and Rohit, who scored a half-century while skipper Virat Kohli was also closing in on his milestone. "You are talking about someone who has played 80-odd Test matches. I don't think anything needs to be shown (to him) before Test matches.