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PujaraBorn on January 25, 1988 in Rajkot, Gujarat, Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. Pujara made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010. He was a part of the India A team which toured England in the 2010 summers, and was the highest scorer of the tour. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a C-grade national contract. Known to have a sound technique and the temperament required to play long innings, he was one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order after the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.
His Test comeback came against New Zealand in August 2012, scoring a century. He made his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and followed up with another double hundred against Australia in March 2013, both the times steering India to victory and becoming man of the match.
In the 2012 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half century. He became one of the fastest batsman to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket in just 11 matches and his 18th Test Innings. He won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2013. Pujara made his Under-19 Test debut for India against England in 2005. Opening the innings, he scored 211 runs to help India win by an innings and 137 runs. He was also picked in the Indian squad for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup after scoring three fifties in four innings of the Afro-Asia Under-19 Cup. He was the leading run-scorer of the Under-19 World Cup where he scored 349 runs from 6 innings, including three fifties and a century, at an average of 117.

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1. Who was the highest wicket taker for India A in the recently held Series against South Africa A?
2. For which team Sunil Naraine played in IPL-8?
3. Who was nominated Jt Secretary, Kashmir of J&K State Sports Council recently?
4. Which bowling rank Ravichandran Ashwin holds in World Cricket?
5. Who is Iqbal Shah?
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1. Axar Patel 2. Delhi Daredevils 3. Shiv Kumar Sharma 4. No-4 5. President J&K Handball Association.
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