"Bat time" along with "a good leave" are my two least favourite prognostications from the cricket commentary box but I doubt I could convince the redoubtable Cheteshwar Pujara.

In scoring three centuries in a series in Australia, Pujara joined an illustrious compatriot in the equally defiant Sunil Gavaskar, who achieved a similar feat in 1977-78. In accumulating 521 runs in seven innings, he was at the crease for a mammoth 1867 minutes and was not tempted by a high percentage of the 1,258 balls he faced. While the Australian cricket team was keeping a wary eye on Kohli, Pujara snuck up from behind and executed the perfect mugging.