Cricketer - Cheateshwar Arvind Pujara Careear

Full name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara

Born January 25, 1988, Rajkot, Gujarat

Current age 22 years 261 days

Major teams India, India A, 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

Relation Father - AS Pujara, Uncle - BS Pujara 

 

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	50	80	14	3986	302*	60.39			14	14			24	0
List A	44	44	10	1941	122*	57.08	2361	82.21	6	12	181	21	13	0
Twenty20	14	10	3	232	45*	33.14	179	129.60	0	0	28	5	4	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	50	10	153	83	5	2/4	2/4	16.60	3.25	30.6	0	0	0
List A	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Twenty20	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

First-class debut	Saurashtra v Vidarbha at Rajkot, Dec 17-20, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class	Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Chandigarh, Sep 25-27, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	Central Zone v West Zone at Gwalior, Feb 25, 2006 scorecard
Last List A	England Lions v India A at Worcester, Jul 8, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Maharashtra v Saurashtra at Mumbai (BS), Apr 4, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata, Apr 19, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Son and pupil of former Ranji player Arvind Pujara, Cheteshwar finished the 2006 Under-19 World Cup as its highest scorer with 349 runs at 116. He'd already displayed his hunger for big scores with a triple-century against Baroda at Under-14 level, a double against England Under-19, and 145 for Saurashtra in 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. In October that year he was picked for the Challenger Trophy and later scored two triple-hundreds for Saurashtra in an Under-22 tournament. He followed that up with another triple-century against Orissa in the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy. His form continued through the next season and he began 2010-11 with a call-up to the Test squad for the home series against Australia.