Batting maestro Virat Kohli on Tuesday thanked his longtime India teammate Cheteshwar Pujara for making his job “simpler” within the Take a look at batting line-up with the 2 forming a sturdy middle-order pair for practically a decade.
Pujara, 37, referred to as time on his illustrious profession on Sunday, having began his journey manner again in 2010 towards Australia at Bengaluru.
“Thanks for making my job simpler at (quantity) 4 pujji. You’ve had a tremendous profession. Congratulations and want you the perfect for what’s forward. God bless @cheteshwarpujara,” Kohli, who introduced his Take a look at retirement this yr in Might, wrote on his Instagram story.
Kohli and Pujara added 3,513 runs in 83 Take a look at innings with seven century stands and 18 half-century partnerships whereas averaging 43.37.
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Pujara’s retirement evoked an outpouring of admiration from the cricketing fraternity with former teammates and coaches saluting his grit, dedication and selflessness that outlined his Take a look at profession.
Pujara performed 103 Checks and scored 7,195 runs at a mean of 43.60. He has made 19 centuries together with 35 half-centuries.
The Saurashtra batter was an important cog in Kohli’s Take a look at aspect that secured a historic win in Australia in the course of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2018-19.
Throughout that tour of Australia, Pujara scored 521 runs in seven innings as India gained the sequence 2-1.
Within the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Underneath, Pujara scored 271 runs from 4 matches at a mean of 33.87, with three fifties and a finest rating of 77.
In first-class cricket, he has performed 278 matches scoring 21,301 runs with 352 being his highest. Pujara averaged 51.82 in first-class cricket, notching up 66 centuries and 81 half-centuries.
Pujara final performed for India in the course of the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) last towards Australia on the Oval, London, in 2023.
Revealed on Aug 26, 2025