Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his twenty fifth Ranji Trophy hundred within the second spherical for Saurashtra towards Chattisgarh in Rajkot.
Batting on Monday, Pujara reached his hundred in 197 balls as Saurashtra pursued Chattisgarh’s 578/7d first-innings complete. Pujara introduced up his 66th First Class hundred, taking him previous Brian Lara’s tally within the format.
Amongst Indians, Pujara is the fourth-highest run-getter and century-maker in First Class cricket, solely behind Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Pujara additionally went previous 21,000 FC runs in the course of the knock in his 273rd match. Regardless of being out from the Check aspect since final yr’s World Check Championship ultimate towards Australia on the Oval, Pujara has continued piling runs within the red-ball circuit. The 36-year-old racked up 829 runs within the earlier Ranji Trophy season, averaging 69.08 throughout eight matches.
In 2024, Pujara has to this point struck six centuries throughout 16 First Class matches with Saurashtra and Sussex within the County Championship.
Pujara’s 25 centuries is just bettered by Paras Dogra (30) amongst energetic gamers within the Ranji Trophy. With almost 7500 runs, Pujara can be Saurashtra’s second-highest run-getter within the match, behind Sitanshu Kotak.
Most First Class tons of (Indians)
81 – Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar
68 – Rahul Dravid
66 – Cheteshwar Pujara
Most First Class runs (Indians)
25834 – Sunil Gavaskar
25396 – Sachin Tendulkar
23784 – Rahul Dravid
21015* – Cheteshwar Pujara