Yesteryear Australian star and now Sussex’s head coach, Gillespie said that the county experience that the Indian Test star Pujara got was a good learning curve for the right-hander. After 2014’s county experience at Derbyshire, Pujara was picked by Yorkshire for a prolonged time in 2015. 

The decision was made by Gillespie, who was head coach of the county back then as they needed a solid middle-order batsman. Speaking on a new-series called Cow Corner Chronicles on YouTube, Gillespie revealed that the Indian batsman found it challenging during the early parts of the Championship. 

"Pujara fitted that bill perfectly. I think he found it a challenge, the early season in county cricket with the Dukes cricket ball moving around in English conditions. He found that a challenge. I think that was really a good test for him as a player, a good learning curve for Cheteshwar," he said, reported Times of India. 

He added that Pujara fitted right in the bill that they required, with a batsman having the temperament to absorb some good bowling. Gillespie admitted that he helped the team and learnt a lot during his days at Yorkshire. 

"We had Cheteshwar Pujara at Yorkshire a few years ago, when I was head coach there. We needed a batsman in the top three who could do a job for us in sometimes challenging conditions, Someone with a very good temperament, someone who could absorb some very good bowling."