Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, and Virat Kohli have been performing brilliantly in the ongoing Test match between India and Bangladesh. Pujara has also scored a century in the series. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 90 runs in the first test match. He was unbeaten with 102 runs in the second innings of the Test.
India and Bangladesh will have the second and final match of the two-Test series on Thursday. It is a very important match for the Indian team. With a win in this match, the Indian team can move forward in the World Test Championship. To qualify for the final of the World Test Championship, India will have to win the remaining five Tests from here. Many veteran players of the Indian team are not included in the Test series against Bangladesh. At present, the current players in the Indian team have not let their absence be felt.
Cheteshwar Pujara is running in excellent form and has scored a century in this series. Pujara scored 90 runs in the first innings of the first Test and 102 not out in the second innings. Cheteshwar Pujara’s last century was seen in Sydney in January 2019. During that time he scored a century against Australia. This century of Pujara has been seen after 1443 days, i.e. three years, 11 months, and 13 days.
During the match, he scored the 19th century of his career. After scoring his 19th century, he equaled New Zealand’s Ross Taylor, West Indies’ Gordon Greenidge and Clive Lloyd, and Australia’s Mike Hussey. Cheteshwar Pujara now has a great chance to make a new record in the second Test match.
Cheteshwar Pujara can break Australia’s former great batsman Sir Don Bradman’s record.
Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 6984 runs in 97 Tests at an average of 44.77. During this, he had 19 centuries and 34 half-centuries. At the same time, Don Bradman scored 6996 runs in 52 Tests in his Test career. During this, his average was 99.94. To reach this feat, Cheteshwar Pujara will have to score 12 runs. Pujara is the 56th-highest run-scorer in Tests among batsmen across the world. Not just Bradman, Pujara also has a chance to leave behind former England captain Andrew Strauss. Strauss scored 7037 runs in his Test career. Pujara is 53 runs behind him.
