India- IPL runs
- 390
- Average
- 20.53
- Strike rate
- 99.7
- Highest
- 51
Career
Cheteshwar Pujara was a Test specialist in an era that increasingly stopped producing them. His value was measured in deliveries faced rather than runs scored: by occupying the crease for very long periods he blunted new-ball attacks and tired bowlers out for the batters who followed.
The clearest example was the 2018-19 series in Australia, where he faced more balls than any other player and was named Player of the Series as India won a Test series there for the first time. He repeated the role on the 2020-21 tour, absorbing sustained short-pitched bowling in the decisive Tests.
He played very little limited-overs cricket for India and spent several county seasons in England, which sharpened his game against the moving ball.
Highlights
- Player of the Series in India's first Test series win in Australia, 2018-19
- Faced more deliveries than any other player in that series
- Absorbed sustained short-pitched bowling in the decisive 2020-21 Tests in Australia
- Multiple triple centuries in first-class cricket for Saurashtra
Overview
What the figures show
Five IPL seasons and 390 runs is the summary for Cheteshwar Pujara, spread between 2010 and 2014. The biggest return came in 2014: 125 runs struck at 100.8 for Punjab Kings. The 51 made in 2013 is the highest score of that IPL career. Fifty has been passed once. Only most of the 182 batters with 300 IPL balls behind them score slower: the median is 135.37, this is 99.7. Fours and sixes account for roughly 57% of the total — 50 and 4 of them.
Club by club, the record reads Kolkata Knight Riders (2010), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (2011–2013) and Punjab Kings (2014).
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 102 | 175 | 7,160 | 206* | 43.66 | 44.3 | 19 | 35 |
| ODI | 5 | 5 | 51 | 27 | 10.20 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 30 | 22 | 390 | 51 | 20.53 | 99.7 | 0 | 1 |
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About Cheteshwar Pujara
How many IPL runs has Cheteshwar Pujara scored?
Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 390 runs in the IPL across 5 seasons, averaging 20.53 at a strike rate of 99.74. The highest score is 51.
Which IPL teams has Cheteshwar Pujara played for?
Cheteshwar Pujara has appeared for Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings in the IPL.
What is Cheteshwar Pujara's playing style?
Cheteshwar Pujara is a right-hand bat who bowls legbreak, listed as a batter.
What was Cheteshwar Pujara's role in the India Test side?
He batted at number three as a specialist Test batter, occupying the crease for long periods to blunt the new ball and tire bowlers out for the batters who followed.
Why was Pujara important in Australia?
He was named Player of the Series in 2018-19, facing more deliveries than anyone else as India won a Test series in Australia for the first time, and repeated a similar role in 2020-21.
Did Cheteshwar Pujara play limited-overs cricket for India?
Very little. He played a small number of ODIs and was never part of India's regular white-ball plans.
Did Pujara play county cricket?
Yes, several seasons in England with counties including Sussex, Yorkshire and Derbyshire, which strengthened his game against the moving ball.
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How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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