Born on January 25, 1988 in Gujarat, Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket and for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League (IPL). 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 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.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. How many runs Shikhar Dhawan scored in the first innings of the 2nd Test of recent India-SA Series?
2. For which team Ishwar Pandey played in Indian Premier League (IPL) Season-6?
3. Who was adjudged man of the match in the 2nd Test match of the India-SA Series?
4. Which State lifted men sabre team title in the 24th National Fencing Championship held recently?
5. Who is Hanuma Vihari?
Answers of the last week:
1. 119 runs 2. Rajasthan Royals 3. No one 4. Manipur 5. Former Delhi Ranji trophy team pacer.
The best entry of this week was received from Ankita of Durga Nagar, Bantalab, Jammu
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, Lane-1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Piyush Bhat, Qrt No-21, TRT Camp Buta Nagar, Jammu,
Rajeev Kohli, Talab Tillo, Jammu; Puneet Kumar, New Plot, Jammu; Dheeraj Sharma, Patoli Brahmana, Jammu and Satish Kumar, New Plots, Jammu.
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