Cheteshwar Pujara, India

Cheteshwar Pujara is an Indian cricketer who plays for the team India. Cheteshwar Pujara was born on Jan 25, 1988; and as of 2024, he is 36 years old. Cheteshwar Pujara is a batter from Gujarat and bats right handed.

In his Test career to date, Cheteshwar Pujara has played 103 matches to date in his Test career and has scored 7,195 runs, with an average of 44. Cheteshwar Pujara has hit 862 fours and 16 sixes in his Test career.On Jun 2023, he played his recent Test match against Australia at The Kia Oval, London, England, scoring 27 runs off 47 balls.

In Cheteshwar Pujara's ODI career, he has played 5 matches to date in his Odi career and has scored 51 runs, with an average of 10. Cheteshwar Pujara has hit 4 fours and 0 sixes in his Odi career.One of his recent Odi matches took place in Jan 1970 at , where he contributed runs off balls.

Cheteshwar Pujara is currently ranked 40th in the ICC Test batting rankings with a total of 565 points.

Cheteshwar PujaraIndia

Born: Jan 25, 1988 (36 years)
Birth Place: Gujarat
Role: Batter
Batting Style: Right Handed
Bowling Style: Right Arm Leg Spin

Profile

Cheteswar Pujara is one of the most hard-working cricketers and appreciated worldwide for his traditional Test-match batting. The right-handed batter from Saurashtra got an entry into the national side after scoring truckload of runs in the domestic circuit. He worked hard in the nets under the watchful eyes of his father - who was determined to make his son an international cricketer.Pujara is known for blocking the cricket ball and meditating on the pitch no matter who the bowler is at the other end makes him one of the most boring batters in the world. This old school batting which is a rarity in Test cricket nowadays, makes him a treat to watch for the purists. The right-handed batter is part of an elite club, who own the distinction of batting on all five days of a Test match, mainly plays red-ball cricket for India apart from playing 6 ODIs. Pujara made his Test debut in 2012 against Australia in Bengaluru and slammed a maiden ton in his fourth Test match against New Zealand in Hyderabad. The talented cricketer slammed his maiden double century in his sixth Test for India in Ahmedabad. Pujara slowly and steadily became the backbone of India's batting and played some iconic knocks around the globe. Pujara played crucial role in Team India's triumph Down Under in Test series in Australia in two back-to-back seasons. In the 2018-19 tour of Australia, Pujara scored three tons and dominated Aussie bowlers. On the 2020-21 tour of Australia, Pujara took body blows to ensure a young Indian side repeated the heroics of the previous season and won the four-match series yet again.

Career Information

Last Test:

vs Australia at The Kia Oval, June 7, 2023

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	100s	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	103	11	7195	206	44	44.37	19	35	862	16	66	0
ODI	5	0	51	27	10	39.23	0	0	4	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w	10w
TEST	103	0	0	1.50	0/0	0	0
ODI	5	0	0	0	0/0	0	0

Cheteshwar Pujara ICC Rankings

	TEST	ODI	T20
Batting	40	-	-
Bowling	-	-	-
All Rounder	-	-	-

Cheteshwar Pujara's LAST 10 INNINGS

Last 10 TEST Innings

Final Vs AUS	27 (47) , 14 (25)
4th Test Vs AUS	42 (121)
3rd Test Vs AUS	1 (4) , 59 (142)
2nd Test Vs AUS	0 (7) , 31 (74)
1st Test Vs AUS	7 (14)
2nd Test Vs BAN	24 (55) , 6 (12)
1st Test Vs BAN	90 (203) , 102 (130)
5th Test Vs ENG	13 (46) , 66 (168)
3rd Test Vs SAF	43 (77) , 9 (33)
2nd Test Vs SAF	3 (33) , 53 (86)