India star batter Cheteshwar Pujara scripted history on Friday, January 20, as the Saurashtra star became the 2nd batsman to score 12,000 First Class runs in India.
The 34-year-old, who has been an integral part of the Indian set-up in the last decade, is playing Ranji matches for Saurashtra. In the latest development, Saurashtra lost to Andhra Pradesh by 150 runs, but that did not stop Pujara from achieving this milestone.
Pujara, playing his 145th match, completed 12000 First Class runs in India against Andhra Pradesh with the help of 5 and 91-run innings in the four-day Test match.
Overall, Pujara has over 18,000 first-class runs but has become the 2nd player to have 12,000 runs in India itself besides domestic Mogul Wasim Jaffer. The former Mumbai player has 14,609 runs in India in domestic cricket.
Here is the list of the top five players with the most domestic runs in India.
Wasim Jaffer – 14,609
Cheteshwar Pujara- 12,016
Sachin Tendulkar – 9,677
Gautam Gambhir – 9655
Parthiv Patel – 9500
Pujara had a rough start to 2022, as he got dropped from the Test side. The 34-year-old travelled to England and tried his hand at county cricket. Pujara played for Sussex, which opened the doors for his comeback to the Indian team. Further, recently Steve Smith rejoiced the cricket fans as he penned a small deal with Sussex, which will see two red-ball maestros play together.
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