Cheteshwar
Pujara is easily India’s ‘marathon man’. When he gets into his zone, he loves to play big. His three triple-tons are a testament to this fact. As a matter of fact, he is the only player to score three triple centuries within a span of one month, although only the last of these (306 not out vs West Indies ‘A’) was in a First-Class match. Overall, he has three scores in excess of 300 in First-Class cricket — 302 not out against Orrisa in 2008-09, 352 vs Karnataka in 2012-13 (both in Ranji Trophy) and 306 vs West Indies ‘A’ in 2012-13.
On Sunday, playing for India Blue in the Duleep Trophy final against the India Red side, he was well on course to score his fourth triple ton, which would have been a record in First-Class cricket. However, with score reading a mammoth 6 for 693, India Blue skipperGautam Gambhir decided it was enough to crush the opposition and announced the declaration of innings. Pujara, at this point, was unbeaten on 256. He had batted for 541 minutes; just over nine hours, which is a remarkable feat. Another significant feature of his knock was that it came in 363 balls; at a decent strike rate of just over 70, a facet of the game Pujara is often criticised at.
Pujara is easily India’s ‘marathon man’. When he gets into his zone, he loves to play big. His three triple-tons are a testament to this fact. As a matter of fact, he is the only player to score three triple centuries within a span of one month, although only the last of these (306 not out vs West Indies ‘A’) was in a First-Class match. Overall, he has three scores in excess of 300 in First-Class cricket — 302 not out against Orrisa in 2008-09, 352 vs Karnataka in 2012-13 (both in Ranji Trophy) and 306 vs West Indies ‘A’ in 2012-13.
On Sunday, playing for India Blue in the Duleep Trophy final against the India Red side, he was well on course to score his fourth triple ton, which would have been a record in First-Class cricket. However, with score reading a mammoth 6 for 693, India Blue skipperGautam Gambhir decided it was enough to crush the opposition and announced the declaration of innings. Pujara, at this point, was unbeaten on 256. He had batted for 541 minutes; just over nine hours, which is a remarkable feat. Another significant feature of his knock was that it came in 363 balls; at a decent strike rate of just over 70, a facet of the game Pujara is often criticised at.
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