Cheteshwar Pujara Double Century: Indian cricket team’s experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has once again proved his ability in first class cricket. On Monday, in the Ranji Trophy, he batted brilliantly against Chhattisgarh and scored a double century. During this innings, 234 runs were scored from Pujara’s bat, which included 25 fours and 1 six. After this double century, he has also joined the special club of legendary cricketer Don Bradman.
Let us tell you that Pujara has become the fourth cricketer in the world to have scored 18 or more double centuries in first-class cricket. On the top of this list is the name of Don Bradman who had scored 37 double centuries in his 20 year career. Second in the list is Wally Hammond who had scored 36 double centuries. At the same time, at number three is Elias Hendren who had scored 22 double centuries. After this performance of Pujara, now there are speculations that he may be selected in the Indian team for the Australia tour.
Pujara is out of the team since 2023
Team India has been out of action since the final of the 2023 World Test Championship. This player is knocking on the doors of returning to the team by continuously scoring runs. Pujara has scored 6 centuries in 16 matches this year. Also, during this double century, he completed 21 thousand runs in first class cricket.
Preparations for Australia tour intensified
It is noteworthy that next month the Indian team will play a five-Test series against Australia. Cheteshwar Pujara can prove to be very useful for the team in this important tour. Pujara has an excellent record against Australia, where he averages around 50. He has scored 993 runs on Australian soil, scoring 3 centuries, and his batting average is more than 47. If the Indian team enters this tour with experience, then Pujara can be a strong contender.
However, despite all this, it is difficult for Cheteshwar Pujara to return to Team India at the moment. The reason is that Shubman Gill is performing well at the number three position where Pujara has been playing for Team India. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether the selectors of the Indian team include Pujara in the team for the Australia tour or not.
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