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Cheteshwar Pujara
India
Player profile
Full name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Born January 25, 1988, Rajkot, Gujarat
Current age 20 years 209 days
Major teams India Green, India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Saurashtra, Saurashtra Under-16s, Saurashtra Under-19s
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
28 |
45 |
7 |
1813 |
177 |
47.71 |
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7 |
6 |
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14 |
0 |
| List A |
20 |
20 |
3 |
568 |
109* |
33.41 |
764 |
74.34 |
1 |
4 |
50 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
110 |
43* |
36.66 |
64 |
171.87 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
28 |
9 |
147 |
76 |
5 |
2/4 |
2/4 |
15.20 |
3.10 |
29.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| List A |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Twenty20 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
Saurashtra v Vidarbha at Rajkot, Dec 17-20, 2005 scorecard |
| Last First-class |
North Zone v West Zone at Mumbai, Feb 19-22, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
Central Zone v West Zone at Gwalior, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard |
| Last List A |
Bengal v Saurashtra at Visakhapatnam, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Maharashtra v Saurashtra at Mumbai (BS), Apr 4, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Gujarat v Saurashtra at Mumbai, Apr 7, 2007 scorecard |
Son and pupil of former Ranji player Arvind Pujara, Cheteshwar finished as the Under-19 World Cup's highest scorer with 349 runs at an average of 116. He'd already displayed his hunger for big scores with a triple-century against Baroda at Under-14 level, a 211 against England Under-19, and 145 for Saurashtra in just his second first-class match. In the World Cup, his 97 against West Indies and unbeaten 129 against England - an almost faultless one-day innings - took him to the top of the run-charts, past his big-scoring team-mates Gaurav Dhiman and Rohit Sharma. Pujara's gameplan is simple and he plays within his limitations. His technique is classical; upright at the crease and confident through both sides of the field. One of the top run-getters in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy season, Pujara signed on with the Kolkata Knight Riders, of the lucrative Indian Premier League, in March 2008.
Cricinfo Staff March 2008
Mar 13, 2008 |
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The Kolkata Knight Riders pose at a promotional event
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Dec 4, 2007 |
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Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten on 47 as Saurashtra drew the match after following on
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Nov 5, 2007 |
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Cheteshwar Pujara and Rakesh Dhurv leave the field
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