NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara has always been touted as Rahul Dravid's substitute for the reason that time senior batsman retired from the Test cricket in 2012 but he has incessantly been criticised for not being upto the mark outdoor the Indian subcontinent.
Pujara might find his title behind Dravid when the comparisons are drawn between the two batsmen but when it comes to statistics the 30-year-old is at par together with his senior professional.
On Thursday, Puajra bailed India out of hassle together with his maiden hundred in Australia at the first day of the first Test in Adelaide. He compiled a affected person 123 in sizzling and difficult stipulations to help India 250/nine at stumps.
In the method, Pujara has emulated Dravid's feat of achieving 5000 Test runs in 108 innings. It is only a accident that Pujara had also taken the same choice of innings as Dravid to get to 3000 runs (67 innings) and 4000 Test runs (84 innings).
Pujara confirmed the grit and gumption that is typical of him en path a 246-ball 123 that kept India within the game after being diminished to 127 for 6 within the 50th over.
It took a super direct from Pat Cummins to remove him on what took place to be the overall ball of an soaking up day one of the vital four-Test collection.
He also ranked his gritty hundred among the top 5 of his 16 centuries within the longest format. "It (Thursday's knock) is one of my top innings in Test cricket, I could say top five. I can't rate if it was one of the best but the teammates were appreciating, they were saying it was one of the best," Pujara said.
This was once the second one out of the country hundred for Pujara this year, after his effort in Southampton towards England. He also scored fighting half-centuries within the two Test wins at Johannesburg (towards South Africa) and Nottingham (towards England).
Pujara might find his title behind Dravid when the comparisons are drawn between the two batsmen but when it comes to statistics the 30-year-old is at par together with his senior professional.
On Thursday, Puajra bailed India out of hassle together with his maiden hundred in Australia at the first day of the first Test in Adelaide. He compiled a affected person 123 in sizzling and difficult stipulations to help India 250/nine at stumps.
In the method, Pujara has emulated Dravid's feat of achieving 5000 Test runs in 108 innings. It is only a accident that Pujara had also taken the same choice of innings as Dravid to get to 3000 runs (67 innings) and 4000 Test runs (84 innings).
| Runs | Dravid (No. of innings) | Pujara (No. of innings) |
| 3000 runs | 67 | 67 |
| 4000 runs | 84 | 84 |
| 5000 runs | 108 | 108 |
Pujara confirmed the grit and gumption that is typical of him en path a 246-ball 123 that kept India within the game after being diminished to 127 for 6 within the 50th over.
Pujara defies Aussie attack with a fighting century
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It took a super direct from Pat Cummins to remove him on what took place to be the overall ball of an soaking up day one of the vital four-Test collection.
He also ranked his gritty hundred among the top 5 of his 16 centuries within the longest format. "It (Thursday's knock) is one of my top innings in Test cricket, I could say top five. I can't rate if it was one of the best but the teammates were appreciating, they were saying it was one of the best," Pujara said.
This was once the second one out of the country hundred for Pujara this year, after his effort in Southampton towards England. He also scored fighting half-centuries within the two Test wins at Johannesburg (towards South Africa) and Nottingham (towards England).
Cheteshwar Pujara and Rahul Dravid: The uncanny coincidence
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