Ignored For England Tests, Cheteshwar Pujara Now Part Of Elite List Led By Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

Indian middle-order batting veteran Cheteshwar Pujara accomplished 20,000 runs in first-class cricket, changing into the fourth Indian batter to achieve the mark. Pujara completed this milestone throughout Saurashtra’s Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Vidarbha in Nagpur. In the match, Pujara had a strong outing. In the primary innings, he scored 43 in 105 balls, with 4 boundaries and a six. Later within the second innings, he scored 66 in 137 balls, with 10 boundaries. Saurashtra received the match by 238 runs.

Now in 260 first-class matches, Pujara has scored 20,013 runs at a mean of 51.98. He has scored 61 centuries and 78 fifties on this format, his finest rating is 352.

Above him within the listing are legends like Rahul Dravid (23,794 runs), Sachin Tendulkar (25,396 runs) and Sunil Gavaskar (25,896 runs).

In 103 Tests for India, Pujara scored 7,195 runs at a mean of 43.60, with 19 centuries and 35 fifties in 176 innings. His finest rating is 206*.

Pujara nonetheless, performed his final Test for India in June 2023 in opposition to Australia, which was the ICC World Test Championship last within the UK. Since then, he has not been included within the Test squad, together with for the house five-Test collection in opposition to England from January 25 onwards.

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