Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian international cricketer who only plays Test cricket for Indian national team. As of December 2020, he is ranked as the world No. 7 Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings with a tally of 766 points. In November 2017, he scored his twelfth double-century in first- class cricket, the most by an Indian batsman, breaking the previous record set by Vijay Merchant. His mother passed away in 2005 when he was just 17 due to cancer.
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Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian international cricketer who only plays Test cricket for Indian national team. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010. As of December 2020, he is ranked as the world No. 7 Test batsman in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings with a tally of 766 points. He won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2013. In November 2017, he scored his twelfth double-century in first- class cricket, the most by an Indian batsman, breaking the previous record set by Vijay Merchant. His mother passed away in 2005 when he was just 17 due to cancer. He was the leading 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 117. He scored 97 runs against the West Indies in the quarterfinals before scoring 129 runs not out against England in the semifinals, helping India win by a huge margin of 234 runs. He also holds a record of scoring three triple centuries within a month of one month, although only the last of these was in a first class match against Kochi Tuskers. He played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first three seasons of the IPL. In 2011, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He started for RCB for the fourth season of IPL before injuring his knee in a match against Kerala.
In 2013, at the age of only 25, PuJara became only the ninth batsman to score three career first class centuries. His scores were 302* for Saur Maharashtra against Orissa in 200, 306* for India in 201213, and 306* A against West Indies A in 201314. In 2012, he became one of the fastest batsmen to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket in just 11 matches and his 18th Test Innings. In February 2017, during the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, he set a new record for the most runs by a batsmen in an Indian first class season, with 1,605 runs. His father Arvind and his uncle Bipin were a Ranji Trophy player for Saur Gujarat. He completed his BBA at the University of Mumbai. He made his Under- 19 Test debut for India against England in 2005. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a D grade national contract. In the 2012 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half-century. However, though he was called to the India ODI Squad after this success, yet he was not selected for the first XI. In July 2013, he played in the final, against Pakistan, which India eventually lost. He has been selected in the India A team which toured England in 2010 summers and was the high scorer of the tour.
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