Batting on all the five days of a test match – CA Pujara is the new entrant to the elite club

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

 

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