Cheteshwar Pujara
Full Name Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Born January 25, 1988, Rajkot, Gujarat
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988, in Rajkot, Gujarat) is an Indian Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. In the IPL, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Pujara has the distinction of hitting three triple centuries within a span of one month, although only the last of these was in a first-class match. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a C-grade national contract.
Pujara, the India A team on a tour to England during the 2010 northern hemisphere summer and was the most prolific scorer on that tour.
Bestowed with an excellent technique, he also has the knack of playing long innings at the crease. After the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, he is one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order, competing with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Manoj Tiwary.
Pujara was first coached by Shlok Sayani when he played for Railways. He made his comeback to the Test squad against New Zealand in August, 2012, scoring a century. He registered his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012. In the recently concluded NPK Salve Challenger Trophy he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half century.
