Cheteshwar Pujara T20 Century: Cheteshwar Pujara recorded the first T20 century for Saurashtra

New Delhi. Cheteshwar Pujara on Sunday decided to say goodbye to his magnificent international career. This batsman from Saurashtra has made the bowlers of the opposing team fiercely fiercely due to his ability to stay at the crease for hours. Pujara’s career records in Test match cricket testify to this but he has also scored a century in T20.

Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 66 centuries in first class cricket. More than three Indian veterans have hit the century. Sachin Tendulkar (81), Sunil Gavaskar (81) and Dravid (68) are ahead of Pujara. This batsman has played 278 first class matches in which his best score has been 352 runs. This innings was played by Pujara in the second innings in 2013 in the Ranji Trophy quarter -finals. Facing 427 balls, he had taken this innings team to the next round with the help of 49 fours and 1 six.

It is a little difficult to believe but Cheteshwar Pujara has also set a century in T20 format. He has a special record of scoring the first century in T20 for Saurashtra. The Rajkot batsman scored 100* runs against Railways in Indore in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match with 14 fours and a six in 61 balls. Since then, only two batsmen have scored T20 centuries for Saurashtra.

Cheteshwar Pujara has played a total of 71 T20 matches in his career. He never got a chance to play in this format for India. Pujara has scored a total of 1556 runs at an average of 29.35. During this, the strike rate was 112.18. He has scored 9 half -centuries in addition to 1 century innings in T20.