mobile app bar

Cheteshwar Pujara Best Birthday Wishes: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and others wish Pujara on 33rd birthday

Dixit Bhargav
Published

follow google newsFollow Us
Cheteshwar Pujara Best Birthday Wishes: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and others wish Pujara on 33rd birthday

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 27: Cheteshwar Pujara of India celebrates his century during day two of the Third Test match in the series between Australia and India at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 27, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Cheteshwar Pujara Best Birthday Wishes: The ever-reliable Indian cricketer has been receiving heartwarming wishes since midnight.

India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is celebrating his 33rd birthday today. Coming on the back of a historic series victory in Australia, Pujara has been receiving heartwarming birthday wishes since midnight.

In 81 Tests for India, Pujara has amassed 6,111 runs at an average and strike rate of 47.74 and 45.02 respectively. Been often criticized for his strike rate, it is the same aspect of his batting which has saved India on multiple occasions now.

Apart from crossing the 6,000-run mark down under, Pujara also surpassed former India batsman Gundappa Viswanath (6,080) in the list of most Test runs for India.

Pujara, who scored three invaluable half-centuries in the recently concluded series, took his total to 28 in Test cricket. In addition to this, the right-hand batsman has also crossed the 100-run mark 18 times in the same format.

While former India captain Rahul Dravid (10,524) has a significant lead at this point in time, Pujara sure has entered the list of most prolific No. 3 batsmen around the world. Currently the sixth-highest run-scorer in the list, Pujara’s 5,594 runs at No. 3 have come at an average of 48.64.

Expected to play a crucial role in the forthcoming Test series against England at home starting from February 5, India’s No. 3 batsman would be hoping to convert his starts into substantial knocks for he hasn’t scored a Test century for more than two years now.

Cheteshwar Pujara Best Birthday Wishes

For more cricket-related news, click here.

About the author

Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

x-iconfacebook-iconinstagram-iconlinkedin-icon

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

Share this article

Don’t miss these