Cheteshwar Pujara, one of the best Test batsmen of Team India, has been out of the Indian team for a long time. Pujara last played for Team India in the year 2023, since then he has been constantly ignored. But with time, the demand to include Pujara in the Indian team again keeps on being raised.

These days Cheteshwar Pujara is in the news on social media and the reason for this news is none other than an aggressive innings played by him in domestic cricket. According to some people, it was because of this innings that he was included in Team India.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored 352 runs in Ranji Trophy 2013

Cheteshwar Pujara, one of the strongest middle order batsmen of Team India, always participates in the Ranji Trophy and has scored a lot of runs in this tournament.

He played one such innings while playing for Saurashtra against Karnataka in the 2013 Ranji season. In this innings, Cheteshwar Pujara faced 427 balls and scored 352 runs with the help of 49 fours and one six. Just after this innings, he was given a chance in the home series against Australia.

The match was something like this

If we talk about the match played between Karnataka and Saurashtra in Ranji Trophy 2013, then Saurashtra team won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Saurashtra team was able to score 469 runs in the first innings.

In reply, Karnataka team was able to score 396 runs and Saurashtra team was able to score 718 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the third innings after taking a lead of 73 runs. This match was declared a draw.

Pujara's record is excellent

If we talk about the cricket career of Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, then his first class career has been very brilliant. In his career so far, he has scored 20899 runs in 447 innings of 271 matches at an impressive average of 52.11. During this, he has played 65 centuries and 80 half-century innings.