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While he continues to enjoy his work as a broadcaster, Cheteshwar Pujara isn\u2019t averse to a coaching stint either as he wants to stay attached to cricket after announcing his retirement from international cricket last week. Pujara retired after 103 Tests and five ODIs during his international career while amassing over 7000 runs across formats for India.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed the broadcasting work for sure. So, I\u2019ll definitely continue doing that. When it comes to coaching or any work at the NCA (Centre of Excellence), I\u2019ll be open to it,” Pujara told news agency PTI<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pujara, 37, hasn\u2019t given coaching a serious consideration but will be happy to contribute to Indian cricket in any manner possible. \u201cI haven\u2019t genuinely thought about it. Whenever there is any opportunity which arises, I\u2019ll try and take a call then\u2026I\u2019ve mentioned this earlier also that I would like to stay attached to the game. So, in whatever manner I can contribute to Indian cricket, I\u2019ll be more than happy to do so,” he said.<\/p>\n

Pujara, known for his classical style of batting that involves biding time and wearing down bowlers, admits that times have changed with batters now open to playing with an aggressive mindset in red-ball cricket too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I am sad,” said Pujara on classical form of Test match batting slowly becoming part of history. \u201cI still feel that even in the current era, there is scope for a classical Test match player. But times have changed. One needs to move on with the time.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if I had to tell anything to a young player, I would definitely say that you should choose playing all three formats of this game because we are seeing more white ball cricket now,” he added.<\/p>\n

Pujara\u2019s thinks that now players are being picked in Test cricket even on the basis of how they perform in IPL or ODIs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you perform well in white ball cricket, you are automatically given a chance to represent the Indian Test team. And that\u2019s why their game is on the aggressive side,” he explained.<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean performances in Ranji Trophy, India\u2019s premier red-ball competition, don\u2019t count.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there is still a scope for players who are doing well in Ranji Trophy and still getting picked in the Test squad,” said Pujara citing the examples of Karun Nair and Abhimanyu Easwaran.<\/p>\n

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