Cheteshwar Pujara’s Unique Record in 100th Test, Must Read News
Border-Gavaskar Trophy 4 Test series is being played between India vs Australia. The second match of the series starts from Friday (February 17) in Delhi. Earlier, the Indian team won the first Test by an innings and 132 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Now the Indian team has entered the field to win the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. This match is very important for an Indian player. That player is none other than Cheteshwar Pujara popularly known as ‘Mr Dependable’.
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is playing his 100th Test match. He is the 13th Indian player to play 100 Test matches. Prior to batting in his 100th Test, Pujara had scored 7021 runs at an average of 44.16 in 169 innings for the Indian team in 99 Test matches. His best score in Tests is 206. He has scored 19 centuries and 34 fifties for India in Tests.
Cheteshwar Pujara joins the exclusive club 🙌#INDvAUS | #WTC23 pic.twitter.com/pNcjuCM5EZ
— ICC (@ICC) February 17, 2023
Apart from Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar is the first player to have played 100 or more Test matches for India. He has played a total of 200 Test matches for India. After that, Rahul Dravid is at the second position. He has played 163 Test matches for India. Also, in third place is VVS Laxman who has played 134 Test matches. This is followed by Anil Kumble (132), Kapil Dev (131), Sunil Gavaskar (125), Dilip Vengsarkar (116), Sourav Ganguly (113), Virat Kohli (106*), Ishant Sharma (105), Harbhajan Singh (103) and Virender Sehwag (103) has also achieved the feat of playing 100 Test matches for India. (Most Tests for India Cheteshwar Pujara plays 100th test see list)
Player who has played most Test matches for India
200- Sachin Tendulkar
163- Rahul Dravid
134- VVS Laxman
132- Anil Kumble
131- Kapil Dev
125- Sunil Gavaskar
116- Dilip Vengsarkar
113- Sourav Ganguly
106- Virat Kohli*
105- Ishant Sharma
103- Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag
100- Cheteshwar Pujara*
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