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Cheteshwar Pujara

Personal information
Full name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Born 25 January 1988 (age 28)
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Nickname Chintu,good boy
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role Batsman
Relations Arvind Pujara (father)
Bipin Pujara (uncle)
International information
National side
India
Test debut (cap 266) 9 October 2010 v Australia
Last Test 20 December 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 198) 1 August 2013 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 19 June 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 16
Domestic team information
Years Team
2005–present Saurashtra
2008–2010 Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014 Kings XI Punjab
2014 Derbyshire
2015 Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches       43        5   140.  82
Runs scored 3,256 51 11306 3,572
Batting average 49.33 10.20 57.68 54.12
100s/50s       10/11 0/0 37/38 10/21
Top score.  206* 27 352 158*
Balls bowled 6 – 201 –
Wickets – – 5 –
Bowling average – – 24.20 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – – 2/4 –
Catches/stumpings 30/– 0/– 96/- 32/–
ESPNcricinfo, 8 April 2015
Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988 in Rajkot, Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer.

He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. Pujara made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010.

He was a part of the India A team which toured England in the 2010 summers, and was the highest scorer of the tour. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a C-grade national contract. Known to have a sound technique and the temperament required to play long innings, he was one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order after the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.

His Test comeback came against New Zealand in August 2012, scoring a century. He made his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and followed up with another double hundred against Australia in March 2013, both the times steering India to victory and becoming man of the match.

In the 2012 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half century. He became one of the fastest batsman to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket in just 11 matches and his 18th Test Innings. He won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2013.