Cheteshwar Pujara’s 100th Test Match: Indian team’s star batsman and Test specialist Cheteshwar Puja has played 99 Test matches in his career so far. Pujara is a part of Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played these days. He played Test number 99 of his career in Nagpur. And now, from February 17, the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Through this match, Pujara will play his 100th Test.
So far in his career, he has made these records in his name.
- With 99 Test matches, Pujara is at number 13 in terms of playing most Test matches for India. Former Indian player Mohammad Azharuddin is also present after playing 99 Tests above him. Pujara will break Azharuddin’s record in Delhi Test. In this case, Sachin Tendulkar is at number one with 200 Test matches.
- Pujara has scored a total of 7021 runs in his Test career so far. Pujara is at the 8th position in scoring the most Test runs for India. Former captain Sourav Ganguly is at number 7 above him with 7212 Test runs. Whereas Sachin Tendulkar is at number one with 15921 runs.
- Pujara has scored a high score of 206 * runs in his Test career so far. Pujara is at number 37 in terms of making the highest Test score for India. Virender Sehwag is at number one in this list with 319 runs.
- Pujara has scored more than 5000 runs in Test cricket and has sent 50 batsmen to the pavilion from fielding.
- Pujara averages 44.15 in Test cricket. Pujara is at number 11 in terms of highest Test average for Indian cricketers. Whereas Vinod Kambli is at number one with an average of 54.20.
- Pujara is the 7th batsman to score most centuries in Test cricket for India. He has scored a total of 19 centuries so far.
- Pujara is also present at number 7 in terms of scoring half-centuries in Tests for India. He has scored a total of 53 half-centuries so far.
- In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played these days, Pujara has scored 1900 runs in 38 innings of 21 matches at an average of 52.77. Pujara is the sixth batsman to score the most runs in the trophy.
- Pujara has crossed the figure of 50 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy a total of 15 times. Pujara is the fourth batsman to score the most fifties in the trophy.
- He has scored a total of 5 centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pujara is the eighth batsman to score the most centuries in this trophy.
International career has been like this so far
Cheteshwar Pujara, who made his debut for Team India in October 2010, has played a total of 99 Tests and 5 ODIs in his career so far. Batting in 169 innings of Test, he has scored 7021 runs at an average of 44.15. In this, he has scored a total of 19 centuries and 34 half-centuries. At the same time, his high score has been 206 * runs. Apart from this, he has scored 51 runs in ODIs.
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