Cheteshwar Pujara had been outstanding player since his debut. In the third test match of ongoing series between India and Sri Lanka, Cheteshwar Pujara had scored wonderful century and helped India to come out of bad situation. As every batsman is not able to stand in the crease facing Sri Lankan bowlers, Cheteshwar Pujara is the only batsman who faced the bowlers from starting till the end.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored 145* in which he came to bat as one of the openers and he stood until the match ended. Thus Cheteshwar Pujara continued to earn praise from fans around the world as he carried his bat throughout the innings in the 3rd Test against Sri Lanka as India got all out for 312. Cheteshwar Pujara became the fourth Indian to carry his bat throughout the innings.
His 145 not out helped India score 312 all out in their first innings in the third and final Test at SSC Colombo. Cheteshwar Pujara came back to the Test squad in grand style by registering his seventh Test century. His century made on Sunday not only helped India to score 312, but also made him to join the legends in an illustrious list.
Indian Opener to Carry the Bat throughout innings: Gavaskar vs Pak in 1983 Sehwag vs SL in 2008 Dravid vs Eng in 2011 Pujara vs SL in 2015
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 30, 2015
Pujara after spending some time out of the test squad, this century gave welcomed him to show his comeback performance. He joined Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid as the other batsmen to have achieved this feat. This mark is some kind of impossible one which couldn’t be achieved by everyone.
Here are some of the best tweets about Cheteshwar Pujara:
Pujara Partnerships: Puj & Rahul Puj & Rahane Puj & Kohli Puj & Rohit Puj & Ojha Puj & Binny Puj & Ash Puj & Mish Pu & Ishant Puj & Umesh — Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) August 30, 2015
Pujara critics right now #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/cEDqcMkiI1 — Kabir (@The_Sleigher) August 30, 2015
Cheteshwar Pujara joins elite company! #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/9xikI1T1ki — Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) August 30, 2015
Everyone has to read this, and your respect for Pujara will go up 100%. pic.twitter.com/Sb19H0g3pL
— Gautam 🙂 (@imGkhosla) August 29, 2015
Only two Test batsmen have carried their bat against Sri Lanka – both Indians – Virender Sehwag in 2008 and now Cheteshwar Pujara! #IndvSL — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 30, 2015
He will be hoping that this knock helps him cement his place in the squad ahead of tougher assignments in the coming months. Pujara’s average in the sub-continent now stands at 83.76 and his Test average has once again nudged over 50.