Veteran Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara retired from all forms of Indian cricket. He took to his official X handle to announce his retirement on Sunday, August 24.
Pujara is among the very few modern Indian cricketers to have played over 100 Test matches. He retired from Test cricket after playing 103 Test matches, scoring 7195 runs at an average of 43.61, including 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries. He also played five ODIs for India.
India’s World Test Championship final against Australia at The Oval in 2023 was his last Test match for India. Apart from scoring 19 hundreds, Cheteshwar Pujara also scored three double centuries since making his debut in 2010. His highest score was 206 against England in Ahmedabad 2010.
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Cheteshwar Pujara's Statement On His Retirement
He took his official Twitter handle to announce his retirement. It was an emotional post one that was filled with a lot of gratitude and one that marks an end to his 14-year-old international career for India.
"Wearing the Indian jersey, singing the anthem, and trying my best each time I stepped on the field - it's impossible to put into words what it truly meant. But as they say, all good things must come to an end, and with immense gratitude I have decided to retire from all forms of Indian cricket," he said in a post on X.
He was very much the backbone of India’s batting order at number three. He was part of two Test series wins in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21. Pujara had a crucial role in both those Test series wins for India. At home, he scored 3839 of his total Test tally, averaging 52.58.
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Pujara Fondly Remembered For Heroics In Australia
Since playing his last Test match, Pujara continued to ply his trade in country cricket in red-ball cricket for Saurashtra and also turned out for Sussex in the County Championship. He is fondly remembered for coping up body blows in India’s Test series wins in 2021. In that Test series win against Australia in 2021, Pujara scored 271 runs from four matches at an average of 33.88 and tired out the Australian bowlers in the process.
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