Cheteshwar Pujara

India

Full name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara

Born January 25, 1988, Rajkot, Gujarat

Current age 31 years 293 days

Major teams India, Derbyshire, India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Nottinghamshire, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Saurashtra, Saurashtra Under-16s, Saurashtra Under-19s, Yorkshire

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Relation Father - AS Pujara, Uncle - BS Pujara

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	73	122	8	5631	206*	49.39	12116	46.47	18	22	665	14	47
ODIs	5	5	0	51	27	10.20	130	39.23	0	0	4	0	0
First-class	192	315	37	14934	352	53.71			49	52			127
List A	103	101	19	4445	158*	54.20			11	29			39
T20s	64	56	10	1356	100*	29.47	1240	109.35	1	7	158	20	32

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	73	1	6	2	0	-	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	192	19	237	146	5	2/4	2/4	29.20	3.69	47.4	0	0	0
List A	103	1	6	8	0	-	-	-	8.00	-	0	0	0
T20s	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	India v Australia at Bengaluru, Oct 9-13, 2010 scorecard
Last Test	India v South Africa at Ranchi, Oct 19-22, 2019 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v India at Bulawayo, Aug 1, 2013 scorecard
Last ODI	Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Jun 19, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	Saurashtra v Vidarbha at Rajkot, Dec 17-20, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class	India v South Africa at Ranchi, Oct 19-22, 2019 scorecard
List A debut	Central Zone v West Zone at Gwalior, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	Madhya Pradesh v Saurashtra at Delhi, Sep 26, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Maharashtra v Saurashtra at Mumbai (BS), Apr 4, 2007 scorecard
Last T20s	Saurashtra v Goa at Indore, Mar 2, 2019 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
58	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
6, 81	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
6, 27	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
2, 25	India	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
100	Indians	v W. Indies A	Coolidge	17 Aug 2019	Other
10	Saurashtra	v Goa	Indore	2 Mar 2019	T20
1	Saurashtra	v Mumbai	Indore	28 Feb 2019	T20
39*	Saurashtra	v Sikkim	Indore	25 Feb 2019	T20
42*	Saurashtra	v Punjab	Indore	24 Feb 2019	T20

Profile

Cheteshwar Pujara's batting is a throwback to eras gone by, not so much in technique - he is unusually bottom-handed for someone who pays his bills through Test cricket - as in temperament. In an era of counterattacking batsmen, Pujara is a rare successful defensive batsman who takes pleasure in grinding down attacks and then feasting on them. He steps down to spinners but keeps the ball along the carpet, he doesn't tire of scoring runs no matter the opposition or venue, his fitness is more about what is required for batting for long periods as opposed to bulging biceps with tattoos on them.

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