Duleep Trophy: Team India's reliable batsman and senior cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara has been out of the team for some time now. He played his last international match last year. The Indian team management has gradually sidelined him from the team. This is the reason why this 36-year-old player was not included in the Duleep Trophy.

Pujara's record in this tournament has been quite impressive. The right-handed batsman created a stir by playing a brilliant innings of 256 runs in the 2016 Duleep Trophy. Today in this article we are going to discuss that innings. Let's know in detail.

When Pujara scored 256 runs in Duleep Trophy

Actually this incident is from the 2016 Duleep Trophy. Under this, a match was being played between India Blue and India Red. If we talk about this match, then India Blue captain Gautam Gambhir decided to bat first after winning the toss.

The right-handed batsman faced 363 balls and scored 256 runs. He hit 28 fours during his innings. Pujara remained at the crease for 541 minutes. Pujara scored runs at a strike rate of 70.52 in his innings. Apart from him, Sheldon Jackson scored 134 runs and Gambhir scored 94 runs. On the basis of these innings, India Blue scored 693 runs by losing 6 wickets in the first innings.

The account of this match was something like this

Thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara's innings, India Blue scored a huge score. In response, India Red scored 356 runs in the first innings. Stuart Binny scored the highest score of 98 runs from this team. In the second innings, India Blue declared the innings after scoring 179 runs for 5 wickets.

India Red had to chase a huge score in the second innings. However, the team was all out after scoring only 161 runs in 44.1 overs. India Blue won this match by a huge margin of 355 runs. It also became the champion of Duleep Trophy.