Sydney Test: Two years since scoring his final Test century at SCG, can Cheteshwar Pujara attain massive landmark at identical venue?

Cheteshwar Pujara is the closest that any Indian batsman of this technology has been to being referred to as a ‘true blue’ Test specialist. He may not have the finesse of Rahul Dravid and the craft of VVS Laxman, however with regards to dour defence and endurance, he has oodles of each.Pujara was the central determine in India’s batting as they claimed their maiden Test collection win on Australian soil over the past tour. But India’s quantity 3 is but to stamp his class on this collection. His affected person knock of 43 within the first innings of the Adelaide Test supplied an excellent platform to India however he registered a duck within the second innings, which proved to be a historic low for the staff as they had been shut out at 36/9, their lowest ever Test whole.ALSO READ | ‘He refused to play cover drive’: Steve Waugh recollects how Sachin Tendulkar thwarted Australia’s plan in 2003 Sydney Test to attain 241India bounced again in Melbourne, however Pujara didn’t contribute to that victory as he was dismissed for 17 and three.But he has an opportunity to make amends at Sydney as India and Australia lock horns within the essential third Test from Thursday. The observe at SCG doesn’t have the spice that among the different venues do and Pujara will probably be in search of an enormous rating if he manages to get his eye in.If he scores 97 runs or extra then Pujara will grow to be the eleventh Indian batsman to achieve the milestone of 6000 runs. He at present has 5903 runs from 79 Test matches at a median of 47.60. ALSO READ: Will opening blues finish for Team India as new mixture takes guard in Sydney? – AnalysisThis will probably be his 133rd innings in Test cricket and if he breaches the landmark he’ll grow to be the sixth quickest Indian to the milestone. Sunil Gavaskar reached 6000 Test runs in his 117th Test innings and that continues to be the quickest amongst Indian batsmen. Virat Kohli (119), Sachin Tendulkar (120), Virender Sehwag (123) and Rahul Dravid (125) are these forward within the listing.Pujara ought to simply full the landmark as the subsequent Indian in line is Mohammed Azharuddin, who took 143 innings to achieve the mark.The right-handed batsman from Rajkot has gone 18 Test innings with no century and his final ton got here in January 2019, precisely two years in the past on the identical venue, the Sydney Cricket Ground. It was a knock of 193 that ended Australia’s probabilities of levelling the collection because the rain curtailed match led to a draw. If Pujara repeats his SCG heroics of two years in the past, India will probably be an excellent place to take the lead within the collection.