Cheteshwar Pujara ended his eventful a centesimal Check match by hitting the profitable runs towards Australia in Delhi on Sunday. Pujara, who remained unbeaten on 31 within the second innings, turned solely the second participant after Ricky Ponting to hit the profitable runs of their a centesimal Check match. However the Saurashtra batter additionally scored a duck within the first innings, turning into the seventh worldwide participant and second Indian after Dilip Vengsarkar to register this undesirable rating within the a centesimal Check.

Batting legends Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Stephen Fleming, Alastair Cook dinner, and Brendon McCullum too recorded geese of their a centesimal Check.

How Does Pujara Stack Up In opposition to Different Indian ‘Centurions’?

Earlier than the beginning of Day 1, Sunil Gavaskar felicitated Pujara and hoped that he would turn out to be the primary Indian to hit a century within the a centesimal Check. Alas, Pujara fell brief by 100 runs within the first innings!

Gavaskar, in truth, was the primary Indian to achieve the milestone in October 1984 towards Pakistan at Lahore. He scored 48 and 37 within the match which resulted in a boring draw.

Vengsarkar scored a duck – the primary participant to register this doubtful file – and 25 runs in his a centesimal Check, performed towards New Zealand in Mumbai.

All-rounder Kapil Dev performed his a centesimal Check in November 1989 towards Pakistan. He took seven wickets, scored a half century (55) and have become the one Indian to win the Participant of The Match award in his a centesimal Check.

Tendulkar, who made his debut in Dev’s a centesimal Check, was the fourth Indian to achieve the milestone. Taking part in at The Oval towards England in September 2002, Tendulkar scored 54 and added some priceless runs with Rahul Dravid who scored 217.

Anil Kumble adopted subsequent, reaching the landmark towards Sri Lanka in December 2005. He took a 5 wicket haul within the second innings to assist India win the match by 259 runs.

Three months later, Dravid performed his a centesimal Check towards England in Mumbai. Dravid scored 52 and 9 as India misplaced the Check by 212 runs.

Sourav Ganguly, who debuted alongside Dravid in 1996, hit 43 and 40 runs in his a centesimal Check, which he performed towards Australia at Melbourne in December 2007. India misplaced that Check by 337 runs — among the many worst defeats.

Lower than 11 months later, VVS Laxman turned the eighth participant to attain the feat, enjoying his a centesimal Check towards Australia in Nagpur. He scored 64 and 4 runs as India gained the match by 172 runs. Incidently, this was Ganguly’s final Check too.

4 years later, Virender Sehwag performed his a centesimal Check versus England in Mumbai. The swashbuckling opener scored 30 and 9 in two innings as England gained the match by 10 wickets.

Harbhajan Singh and Ishant Sharma – each specialist bowlers – have been the following to achieve the milestone — in 2013 and 2021 respectively. Nevertheless, each their performances went unnoticed.

Virat Kohli, his teammate, performed his a centesimal Check final 12 months towards Sri Lanka in Mohali. He scored 45 runs within the first innings as India beat the guests by an innings and 222 runs.

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