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Cheteshwar Pujara struck his 25th Ranji Trophy 100 connected Monday. (PTI)
Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his 25th Ranji Trophy 100 successful the 2nd circular for Saurashtra against Chattisgarh successful Rajkot.
Batting connected Monday, Pujara reached his 100 successful 197 balls arsenic Saurashtra pursued Chattisgarh’s 578/7d first-innings total. Pujara brought up his 66th First Class hundred, taking him past Brian Lara’s tally successful the format.
Among Indians, Pujara is the fourth-highest run-getter and century-maker successful First Class cricket, lone down Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Pujara besides went past 21,000 FC runs during the sound successful his 273rd match. Despite being retired from the Test broadside since past year’s World Test Championship last against Australia astatine the Oval, Pujara has continued piling runs successful the red-ball circuit. The 36-year-old racked up 829 runs successful the erstwhile Ranji Trophy season, averaging 69.08 crossed 8 matches.
In 2024, Pujara has frankincense acold struck six centuries crossed 16 First Class matches with Saurashtra and Sussex successful the County Championship.
Pujara’s 25 centuries is lone bettered by Paras Dogra (30) among progressive players successful the Ranji Trophy. With astir 7500 runs, Pujara is besides Saurashtra’s second-highest run-getter successful the tournament, down Sitanshu Kotak.
Most First Class hundreds (Indians)
81 – Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar
68 – Rahul Dravid
66 – Cheteshwar Pujara
Most First Class runs (Indians)
25834 – Sunil Gavaskar
25396 – Sachin Tendulkar
23784 – Rahul Dravid
21015* – Cheteshwar Pujara
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