New Delhi: Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is at the last stage of his career, has been out of the Indian team for the last one year. Now it is not easy for him to make a place in Team India, but considering his excellent performance in Ranji Trophy, speculations about his return to the team have increased. Pujara has once again proved his ability in first class cricket. In the Ranji Trophy on Monday, he batted brilliantly against Chhattisgarh and scored a double century. Pujara is one of the five Indian batsmen to score more than 2000 runs in Test matches against Australia. He has 993 runs in his name in 11 test matches played in Australia. The 36-year-old right-handed batsman, who has 7195 runs to his name in 103 Test matches played so far. Pujara, who came to bat at number 3 for Saurashtra in the Elite Group D match against Chhattisgarh in Rajkot, scored 234 runs in 383 balls with the help of 25 fours and one six. However, his double century was not enough for Saurashtra to take the lead in the first innings and get at least three points from the match.
Thanks to his inning of 234 runs on Monday, Pujara has reached fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored most double centuries in first class cricket. He now has 18 double centuries to his name. The record of scoring most 200 runs in first class cricket is in the name of legendary Australian cricketer Donald Bradman. During his playing days, Bradman had scored 37 double centuries.
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Pujara, who was the hero of India’s first Test series win in Australia on the 2018-19 tour, is still hopeful of a comeback for India. His record in Tests against the Baggy Green is very good. In the 25 matches played so far against the 2023 World Test Championship winners, Pujara has scored 2074 runs at an average of 49.38. He is one of the five Indian batsmen to cross the 2000-run mark against Australia in Tests.