- Cheteshwar Pujara: Cheteshwar Pujara once again knocked on the door of Team India by scoring his 66th first class century. With this century, Pujara also broke Brian Lara’s record.
Cheteshwar Pujara 66th First Class Hundred:
Cheteshwar Pujara scored another century. This time he scored his 66th first class century. Pujara once again knocked on the door of Team India with this century. With this century, he broke the record of former West Indies great batsman Brian Lara. Pujara scored this century for Saurashtra in the match being played against Chhattisgarh in Ranji Trophy 2024-25.
Brian Lara’s record broken
Brian Lara had scored 65 first class centuries in his career. Pujara broke the record of the former West Indies legend by scoring his 66th first class century.
Brian Lara had scored 65 first class centuries in his career. Pujara broke the record of the former West Indies legend by scoring his 66th first class century. With this century, Pujara also completed 21,000 first class runs.
He is out of Team India
Let us tell you that Pujara has been out of Team India for a long time. He has played more than 100 Tests for India. Pujara played his last match in June 2023. After this, he is constantly trying to get a place in Team India. Even before this, Pujara has played brilliant innings on many occasions, but he did not get a place in Team India. At present, more and more youth are being given a chance in India’s Test team.
Pujara’s international career has been like this so far
It is worth noting that Pujara has played 103 Tests and 5 ODIs so far. In 176 innings of Tests, he has scored 7195 runs at an average of 43.60. During this, 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries have come from his bat, in which his highest score has been 206* runs. Apart from this, Pujara scored 51 runs in 5 ODI innings. Pujara made his international debut in 2010 through the Test played against Australia in Bangalore.