Cheteshwar Pujara’s memorable innings at Adelaide Oval in 2018, which was not easy to forget, Kangaroos became hallmarks
Cheteshwar pujara adelaide test 2018: Cheteshwar Pujara, the legendary Test batsman of the Indian cricket team and a strong pillar of the number 3 for more than a decade, has retired from all the formats of international cricket. 37 -year -old Pujara informed about his decision on social media on Sunday 24 August.
Cheteshwar Pujara played his last Test in June 2023 in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC 2023) against Australia. In 103 Tests, Pujara has left behind her legacy of unwavering combativeness and patience. On the occasion of his retirement, let’s remember a memorable innings played in Australia. Which India won by 31 runs.
Pujara played memorable innings in Adelaide
India visited Australia in 2018. In the first innings of the first Test of this 2018-19 series, India was in deep crisis by losing 5 wickets for 86 runs. In such a situation, Cheteshwar Pujara batted brilliantly and played a brilliant innings of 123 runs with the lower -order batsmen. He faced the dangerous fast bowling attack like Stark, Hazlewood and Cummins firmly and also made important partnerships before being run out.
Pujara did not hit any four for 147 balls
In that innings, Cheteshwar Pujara did not hit a single four for 147 balls. He then hit two consecutive fours, at that time Pujara’s score was 35 runs off 148 balls. Thanks to his innings, India managed to score 250 runs and finally won the match and registered its first win in 10 years.
A look at the international career of Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Pujara has played a total of 108 matches in his international career. In these, he has scored 7195 runs in 103 Test matches at an average of 43.60. Which includes 19 centuries and 35 half -centuries. Pujara’s highest score in Test cricket is 206 not out. At the same time, he has also played 5 ODIs for India in his career, but he could not do anything special in them and only 51 runs were scored from his bat.
