Cheteshwar Pujara helps England by exposing Yashasvi Jaiswal's weakness

India National Cricket Team veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has highlighted a glaring weakness in young left-handed opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal's batting.

Cheteshwar Pujara weighed in on Yashasvi Jaiswal's Achilles' heel amid the ongoing second Test of the five-match series between the India National Cricket Team and the England National Cricket Team at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Yashasvi Jaiswal falls short of a ton

Jaiswal continued his good form against the Three Lions and played a wonderful knock in the first innings of the Edgbaston Test match on Wednesday, July 2.

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Opening the innings with KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal batted with a positive intent from the very start, but his partner was a bit too cautious. Rahul got out for 26-ball 2, and India's opening partnership was just 15 runs off 52 balls.

Despite India losing an early wicket, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensured his team didn't come under pressure and stitched up a crucial 90-ball 80-run stand with Karun Nair.

Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his fifty off 59 balls, and after Nair's dismissal, built a solid 66-run stand in 131 balls with Shubman Gill.

Jaiswal looked hungry to play a big knock in the match, but his innings was cut short by Ben Stokes for 87, and he missed out on a well-deserved hundred.

You've got to bowl the right length; around off-stump, on a good length - Cheteshwar Pujara

Jaiswal was cleaned up by Ben Stokes on the first ball of the 46th over. Stokes bowled a short and wide ball to Jaiswal, which had hit-me written all over it.

The Indian opener sliced into the cut, found nothing but a fat edge, and the ball went straight into the gloves of the English gloveman Jamie Smith.

Meanwhile, the veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara believes that Yashasvi Jaiswal's biggest weakness is a good length delivery outside off-stump, and the bowlers who remain patient will most of the time expose the 23-year-old's vulnerability.

"You've got to bowl the right length; around off-stump, on a good length. Keep doing that and wait for him to make a mistake,” Pujara told Sony Sports.

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Early on, it seemed like he was trying too hard to play shots - Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara also felt that Jaiswal was off to a poor start in the Edgbaston Test as he was playing too many shots, but said that the young batter adjusted and got better as the innings progressed.

“Early on, it seemed like he was trying too hard to play shots, but once he settled, the kind of strokes he played were outstanding. Once he gets through that initial half-hour, he's in complete control. He doesn't miss scoring opportunities, and that makes it very difficult for a bowling team," Cheteshwar Pujara said.

"If you pitch it up, he drives well. If it's short outside off-stump, he cuts well. If you try bumpers, he pulls confidently. The margin of error for bowlers is incredibly small against him.”