Cheteshwar Pujara Double Century: Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 18th double century, will he return to Team India now?

Cheteshwar Pujara may have been kept out of Team India, but this player is still scoring a lot of runs. Pujara is currently playing for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy and this great player has done a great job against Chhattisgarh. Pujara scored a brilliant double-century against Chhattisgarh. Pujara scored a double century facing more than 350 balls. Pujara had hit 22 fours in his innings till the time of writing the news. The big thing is that Pujara scored a double century for the 18th time in his first-class career.

Most double centuries by an Indian

Cheteshwar Pujara is the player who has scored the most double-centuries in first-class cricket. This right-handed batsman has scored 18 double-centuries. After this, Vijay Merchant scored 11 and Vijay Hazare scored 10 double centuries. Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid also have 10 double centuries each. However, the world record for scoring the most double centuries is in the name of Don Bradman, who achieved this feat 37 times. Hammond scored 36 double centuries.

Cheteshwar Pujara has been out of Team India since the final of the 2023 World Test Championship. This player is knocking on the doors of a comeback in Team India by scoring runs continuously. Pujara has scored 6 centuries in 16 matches this year. Also, during this double century, he completed 21 thousand runs in first-class cricket. Pujara has 66 first-class centuries to his name and he has overtaken Brian Lara.

Australia tour is near.

Team India is going to tour Australia next month where it will play a series of five Test matches. Pujara can be useful for Team India on that tour. Pujara has an average of almost 50 against Australia and on Australian soil, he has scored 993 runs with the help of 3 centuries and his batting average is more than 47. If Team India goes on the Australia tour with experience, then Pujara can be the right contender.