Cheteshwar Pujara: Cheteshwar Pujara (Cheteshwar Pujara) played an excellent half-century against Australia on the second day of the Indore Test. His innings came when the Indian team was stuck in a challenging situation.
The Indian team was trailing by 88 runs based on the first innings and losing back-to-back wickets in the second innings. Pujara stood firm at one end and somehow got Team India out after reaching 150. He played an inning of 59 runs off 142 balls.
This was Cheteshwar Pujara’s 11th half-century against Australia. He has scored the most Test half-centuries against this team. He has also scored the maximum number of centuries against Australia. Pujara has scored five centuries against Australia. He has as many centuries against England as well. The most important thing is that he has scored the most runs against Australia in his Test career.
Cheteshwar Pujara has played 23 matches against Australia and scored a total of 1991 runs in 42 innings. Here his batting average is 51.05. He is at number four among the Indian players who have scored the most runs against Australia. Only Sachin Tendulkar (3630), VVS Laxman (2434) and Rahul Dravid (2143) are ahead of him. In the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023, he can also beat Rahul Dravid in this list.
This Is How Pujara’s Test Career Has Been
Cheteshwar Pujara also made his Test debut against Australia. In October 2010, Pujara made his international debut in the Bangalore Test. Since then till now this batsman has played 101 Test matches. In his Test career, this player has scored 7112 runs at an average of 43.90. He scored 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries during this period.