In many ways, Cheteshwar Pujara is the odd man in the current Indian line-up. He is soft spoken, doesn't feature in the IPL, doesn't fetch wealthy endorsements, not a fitness fanatic and does not like being seen often on social media. But he can bat for a long periods of time. He loves to absorb the pressure, frustrate opponents by constantly presenting a dead bat and then accumulate runs as the bowlers tire."

Yesterday in Adelaide where late Australian legend Sir Don Bradman lived till 92, Pujara used all these attributes to score a brilliant 123 and in the process drive India to a score of 250-9. To many who have watched Pujara growing up as a teenager, this has been his formula to success and despite the current team management preferring to adopt a more robust approach, he has stuck to his strengths.