HOVE, ENGLAND - APRIL 29: Cheteshwar Pujara of Sussex celebrates reaching his century during the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Sussex and Durham at The 1st Central County Ground on April 29, 2022 in Hove, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Cheteshwar Pujara is on track to exceed Don Bradman’s Test career milestone. Pujara scored 6984 runs in 97 Test matches.
Cheteshwar Pujara, India’s Test specialist, is on the verge of overtaking the legendary Don Bradman in terms of most runs in Test cricket history. Pujara, who has 6984 runs in red-ball cricket, simply needs 12 runs to dethrone the Australian legend.
The top-order batsman is presently playing a Test series against Bangladesh, in which he has been productive in both innings. He scored 90 runs in the first innings and a stunning century in the second. Because of his superb batting, India declared with a 512-run lead, which Bangladesh unable to pursue and lost the match by 188 runs. Pujara’s second-inning century is also his fastest in international cricket.
The second Test of the series will now commence on Thursday, December 22 at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Due to the absence of Rohit Sharma, the 34-year-old will once again act as KL Rahul’s deputy in the encounter. After a fantastic triumph in Chattogram, the Indian squad is likewise anticipated to make no changes. With the World Test Championship in mind, the team will want to win and solidify their position in second place on the points table.
Meanwhile, with his stunning century in the first Test, Pujara has surpassed Dilip Vengsarkar to become India’s ninth most run-scorer in the longest version of the game. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is now 228 runs ahead of him, but considering his current form, the batsman will undoubtedly look to overtake Ganguly in the forthcoming Test against the Bangla Tigers.
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