Batting on all the five days of a test match – CA Pujara is the new entrant to the elite club
CA Pujara of India became the ninth batsman in the annals of test cricket to bat on all five days of a test. All such feats are tabulated below
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
1 | ML Jaisimha | 20* | 74 | India | v Australia | Kolkata | 23 Jan 1960 |
2 | G Boycott | 107 | 80* | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 28 Jul 1977 |
3 | KJ Hughes | 117 | 84 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 28 Aug 1980 |
4 | AJ Lamb | 23 | 110 | England | v West Indies | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
5 | RJ Shastri | 111 | 7* | India | v England | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1984 |
6 | AFG Griffith | 114 | 18 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 16 Dec 1999 |
7 | A Flintoff | 70 | 51 | England | v India | Mohali | 09 Mar 2006 |
8 | AN Petersen | 156 | 39 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
9 | CA Pujara | 52 | 22 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2017 |
CA Pujara is the third Indian batsman to accomplish the feat after ML Jaisimha and RJ Shastri. RJ Shastri has witnessed CA Pujara’s feat as the Head Coach of Indian Team,. It is just a coincidence that the rare feats of the three Indian batsmen have come at Kolkata
No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
1 | ML Jaisimha | 20* | 74 | India | v Australia | Kolkata | 23 Jan 1960 |
2 | RJ Shastri | 111 | 7* | India | v England | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1984 |
3 | CA Pujara | 52 | 22 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 16 Nov 2017 |