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Full name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Born January 25, 1988, Rajkot, Gujarat
Current age 20 years 225 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
7
6
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
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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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
Profile
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
