Cheteshwar Pujara officially announced his retirement from all the cricket formats on August 24, while at the age of 37 he ended a distinguished test career. More than 103 tests scored an average of 43.60, recorded 19 centuries and 35 half ways.
Pujara debuted against Australia in Bengalur in October 2010. In the first shifts he managed only four runs, but in the second he was impressed by the compound 72. His final performance came almost thirteen years later, in the final of the World Championship in 2023 in oval, again against Australia.
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Between the two milestones, Pujara has built the reputation of resistance and technical championship 3 and strengthened its place as one of the most reliable test doughs in India. His retirement attracts the curtain in the era defined by patience, gravel and steadfast determination to the longest format of the game.
Here is some numbers around the famous test career Cheteshwar Pujara
14 – Cheteshwar Pujara is one of the 14 Indian crickets who played 100 test matches. Others are Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, VVS Laxman, Sunil Gavascar, Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavascar, Sourava Ganguly, Ravi Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag.
8 – Cheteshwar Pujara is the eighth highest running shooter for India in tests. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavascar, Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman, Viender Sehwag and Sourav gangules are ahead of him.
2 -Cheteshwar Pujara is the second highest runner shooter for India on No. 3 in tests. In 94 games, Pujara scored 6488 runs with 18 hundred and 32 fifty. Rahul Dravid is at the top with 10381 runs from 133 tests with 27 hundreds.
3 – Cheteshwar Pujara is the third on the list of most Indian dough runs in the test series in Australia. In 2018-19, he scored 521 runs out of four matches with the highest score of 193. Virt Kohli (692 in 2014-15) and Rahul Dravid (619 in 2003-04) are the first and second.
3 – Cheteshwar Pujara is the third fastest Indian body that achieved 1000 test runs in 18 shifts when it achieved this performance in 2013. The Vinod Kambli (14) and Yashsvi Jaiswal (16) are the fastest.
2 – Cheteshwar Pujara is second in the list of most doubles Indian No. 3 in the test cricket (3). Rahul Dravid is at the top with five double centuries.
4 – Cheteshwar Pujara is fourth in the list of most balls faced by the Indian in the test series. On Australia in 2018-19, Pujara faced 1258 balls. Sunil Gavascar (1382 against England in 1981/82), Rahul Dravid (1336 against England in 2002) and Mohinder AmarNath (1304 against Pakistan in 1982-83) in the first place.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
August 24, 2025
