Cheteshwar Pujara – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameCheteshwar Arvind Pujara

Born25 Jan 1988, Rajkot

Age38 Years

NationalityIndian

RoleTop Order Batsman / Right hand Batsman

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Leg Spin

Height6 ft (1.83 m)

Jersey#25

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	103	7195	43.6	44.36	0	1.5
ODI	5	51	10.2	39.23	0	0
T20	71	1556	29.35	112.18	0	0
List A	130	5759	57.01	0	0	8
First-class	278	21301	51.82	51.06	6	3.78

Debuts

TestIndia vs Australia, Bengaluru 9 Oct 2010

ODIZimbabwe vs India, Bulawayo1 Aug 2013

First ClassSaurashtra vs Vidarbha, Rajkot17 Dec 2005

List ACentral Zone vs West Zone, Gwalior25 Feb 2006

T20Maharashtra vs Saurashtra, Brabourne4 Apr 2007

Family

RelationsPuja Pabari (Wife), Arvind Pujara (Father)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	103	176	11	7195	206	43.6	16217	44.36	19	35	863	16	66
ODI	5	5	0	51	27	10.2	130	39.23	0	0	4	0	0
T20	71	63	10	1556	100	29.35	1387	112.18	1	9	182	27	37
List A	130	127	26	5759	174	57.01	0	0	16	34	0	0	47
First-class	278	457	46	21301	352	51.82	41715	51.06	66	81	2670	64	160

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ
Test	103	2	2	3	0	–	0	1.5
List A	130	1	1	8	0	–	0	8
First-class	278	23	43.5	166	6	2/4	27.66	3.78

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	30	390	51	20.53	99.74	0	–
Ranji Trophy	35	2962	248	55.89	54.74	1	5.70
Vijay Hazare Trophy	24	809	94	50.56	61.61	0	–
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy	14	460	100	46.00	133.33	0	–
County Championship	36	2749	231	49.98	53.19	0	4.17
English One Day Cup	24	1378	174	72.53	96.91	0	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Bangladesh	3	38	27	12.67	37.25	0	0
Zimbabwe	2	13	13	6.50	46.43	0	0

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Australia	45	2074	204	49.38	42.30	11	5
England	49	1778	206	39.51	43.47	7	5
South Africa	29	882	153	30.41	42.82	6	1
New Zealand	23	867	159	39.41	42.07	4	2
Sri Lanka	11	743	153	74.30	49.83	1	4
Bangladesh	8	468	102	78.00	57.64	5	1
West Indies	10	348	113	34.80	46.52	1	1
Afghanistan	1	35	35	35.00	67.31	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	1	0	1	–	1.00	–
South Africa	1	0	2	–	2.00	–

Last 10 innings · batting

58vs DW

16vs RL

18vs MT

99vs DR

16vs PP

26 & 2vs GUJ

99vs ASM

6vs DEL

14vs JHR

129vs MID

T20 vs DW1 Feb 2026 · b DG Pathania 58(43) T20 vs RL31 Jan 2026 · b SB Jakati 16(16) T20 vs MT29 Jan 2026 · b S Binny 18(11) T20 vs DR28 Jan 2026 · st M Bisla b P Chawla 99(60) T20 vs PP27 Jan 2026 · c FY Fazal b D Bravo 16(13) First Class vs GUJ8 Feb 2025 · c M Hingrajia b SA Desai & c A Nagwaswalla b P Jadeja 26 & 2(38 & 10) First Class vs ASM30 Jan 2025 · c S Ghadigaonkar b M Hussain 99(167) First Class vs DEL23 Jan 2025 · c H Tyagi b A Badoni 6(21) First Class vs JHR6 Nov 2024 · c S Singh b Manishi 14(18) First Class vs MID24 May 2024 · c MD Stoneman b N Fernandes 129(302)

Last 7 innings · bowling

0/1vs AUS

0/8vs LEI

0/10vs MP

0/10vs GLO

0/7vs GLA

0/4vs IND-G

0/10vs WICP

Test vs AUS9 Mar 2023 0/1 First Class vs LEI11 Jul 2022 0/8 First Class vs MP19 Jan 2020 0/10 First Class vs GLO9 Jun 2017 0/10 First Class vs GLA19 May 2017 0/7 First Class vs IND-G4 Sep 2016 0/4 First Class vs WICP14 Jul 2016 0/10

About Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara was born in Rajkot on 25 January 1988 is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in local cricket. He was a part of the India A team which visited England in 2010 summers and was the most noteworthy scorer of the visit.

He made his first twofold hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and caught up with another twofold hundred against Australia in March 2013, both the circumstances directing India to triumph and getting to be man of the match.

Cheteshwar Pujara - Background

Pujara made his first Under-19 debut in test for India against England in 2005. In his first innings, he scored 211 runs which lead India to win by an innings and 137 runs. He was also picked in the Indian squad for the 2006 under-19 Cricket world cup. He was the main run-scorer of the under-19 World Cup where he scored 349 runs from 6 innings, including three fifties and a century, at an average of 1117. He was the Man of the tournament for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Cheteshwar Pujara -Debut

Pujara was chosen for the Indian squad for the two match home Test series against Australia in 2010, supplanting Yuvraj Singh. He made his debut in the second Test on 9 October 2010 at Bangalore.

He took two catches at silly point and made four runs in first innings and in second innings he made 72 runs but was clean bowled by Nathan Hauritz.

Yet, this did not tailed him for longer he made his rebound in August 2012 and scored his first International Test century, 159 against New Zealand at Hyderabad. In this way, He was picked in India's squad to play four test matches against England.

Low points

Pujara was named in the 16-man squad for the 2014 voyage through England. With a best of 55 and an aggregate of 222 keeps running in five Tests, he had a baffling arrangement. In spite his great beginnings, he was not able to play back-foot shots properly which indeed he tried to fix later.

Cheteshwar Pujara - Club career

Pujara played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the initial three season of the IPL. In the 2011 player's auction, he was purchased by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He began for RCB for the fourth season of the IPL before injuring his knee in a match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

The damage kept him out of activity for almost a year prior to he came back to domestic cricket toward the finish of 2011. After having not been picked by any franchise for the 2015 IPL season, he went to play for Yorkshire.

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