Ranji Trophy 2024: Against Rajasthan, Cheteshwar Pujara scores his second century of the year to extend his incredible record.

On the opening day of their sixth match in Jaipur, Saurashtra defeated Rajasthan with a brilliant 110 run from Cheteshwar Pujara, who extended his incredible run in the Ranji Trophy 2024. With his team behind 33/2 with Vishvaraj Jadeja (22 off 46) and Kevin Jivrajani (0 off 6) back in the pavilion, the 36-year-old came in to bat. Harvik Desai (21 off 80) also returned to the pavilion, leaving his team on 74/3, making things worse for Saurashtra.

Following three swift blows, Pujara and Sheldon Jackson repaired the damage, scoring 168 runs for the fourth wicket. With the assistance of nine boundaries, the seasoned batsman quickly reached 110. Sadly, Ajay Singh trapped him in front of the stumps on the final delivery of the day, resulting in his death.

Thus, Saurashtra concluded Day 1 at 242/4, and Sheldon Jackson was undefeated at 78* (176). Notably, it was Cheteshwar Pujara’s second century of the year after, in his opening match of the season, he hammered an undefeated 243* against Jharkhand.

Thanks to his incredible success, he currently stands third among the season’s top scorers with 648 runs from nine innings at an average of 81, including two hundreds and two fifties. The batter, who was born in Gujarat, was left from the Indian squad for the 2023 World Test Championship final match against Australia at the Oval.

Cheteshwar Pujara would anticipate a resurgence for Team India following Ranji’s success.

He was given the axe since he could only muster 14 and 27 points in each of the two innings. Cheteshwar Pujara has amassed 7,195 runs at an average of 43.60 in 103 Test matches during his career, with 19 hundreds and 35 fifties to his credit. The Border Gavaskar Trophy 2018-19 is mainly remembered for his incredible performance, which saw him finish as the top run scorer with 521 runs from seven innings at an average of 74.42, three hundreds, and a fifty.

Thanks in large part to his batting performance, India won their first Test series in Australia, winning 2-1. Pujara, in the meantime, is hoping to rejoin the Indian team after a great Ranji performance, as the men’s selection committee has not yet announced the team for the final three Test matches against England.