CA Pujara scored 202 and faced 525 deliveries in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia to provide the 41^st occasion of a batsman staying at the crease and facing 500 plus deliveries in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	847	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	GM Turner	259	759	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
3	RB Simpson	311	743	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
4	SG Barnes	234	667	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13 Dec 1946
5	G Kirsten	275	642	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
6	A Sandham	325	640	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
7	KF Barrington	256	624	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
8	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
9	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
10	RM Cowper	307	589	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966
11	BC Lara	400*	582	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
12	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
13	ST Jayasuriya	340	578	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
14	DPMD Jayawardene	374	572	2	Srl	SAF	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006
15	Younis Khan	313	568	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
16	MA Taylor	334*	564	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998
17	DL Amiss	262*	563	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16 Feb 1974
18	RS Mahanama	225	561	2	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	02 Aug 1997
19	BB McCullum	302	559	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
20	Hanif Mohammad	187*	556	2	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jul 1967
21	G Boycott	246*	555	1	Eng	Ind	Leeds	08 Jun 1967
22	TW Jarvis	182	555	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
23	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	548	1	Srl	NZl	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
24	AN Cook	294	545	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
25	DL Houghton	266	541	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994
26	BC Lara	375	538	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
27	MS Atapattu	201*	536	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	22 Feb 2001
28	HM Amla	311*	529	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	19 Jul 2012
29	AN Cook	263	528	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
30	WL Murdoch	211	525	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11 Aug 1884
31	G Kirsten	210	525	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
32	CA Pujara	202	525	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
33	CT Radley	158	524	2	Eng	NZl	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
34	MD Crowe	299	523	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31 Jan 1991
35	GW Flower	201*	523	1	Zim	Pak	Harare	31 Jan 1995
36	Javed Miandad	260	521	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06 Aug 1987
37	GT Dowling	239	519	1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968
38	GN Yallop	268	517	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
39	Shoaib Mohammad	163	516	2	Pak	NZl	Wellington	10 Feb 1989
40	S Chanderpaul	136*	510	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	10 May 2002
41	Younis Khan	267	504	1	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005

 

It also provides the sixth occasion of a batsman accomplishing such a feat against Australia.The previous such occasion against Australia was KF Barrington who faced 624 deliveries while making 256 at Manchester in Jul 1964. Thus it took 52 years and 09 months for another batsman to accomplish such a feat against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	364	847	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
2	KF Barrington	256	624	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
4	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
5	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
6	CA Pujara	202	525	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

WR Hammond of England is the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to achieve such a feat on three occasions. AN Cook, BC Lara, G Kirsten and Younis Khan are the four batsman to accomplish such a feat on two occasions. The performances of these five batsmen are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
2	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
3	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18 Dec 1936
1	AN Cook	294	545	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011
2	AN Cook	263	528	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015
1	BC Lara	400*	582	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10 Apr 2004
2	BC Lara	375	538	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16 Apr 1994
1	G Kirsten	275	642	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 1999
2	G Kirsten	210	525	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
1	Younis Khan	313	568	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
2	Younis Khan	267	504	1	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005

 

Hanif Mohammad and Shoaib Mohammad are the only pair of father and son to accomplish the feat in the annals of test cricket. Father Hanif faced 556 deliveries whole making 187 not out against England at Lord’s in  Jul 2967, while Son Shoaib emulated his father by facing 516 deliveries for his 163 against New Zealand at Wellington in Feb 1989 – 22 years later

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	187*	556	2	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	27 Jul 1967
2	Shoaib Mohammad	163	516	2	Pak	NZl	Wellington	10 Feb 1989

 

CA Pujara became the first Indian batsman to face 500 plus deliveries  in a test innings. The previous record was held by R Dravid who had faced 495 deliveries against Pakistan while making 270 at Rawalpindi in Apr 2004. The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have faced 450 plus deliveries in a test innings.

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CA Pujara	202	525	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
2	R Dravid	270	495	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
3	NS Sidhu	201	491	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997
4	RJ Shastri	206	477	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
5	SM Gavaskar	172	472	2	v England	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981
6	R Dravid	217	468	2	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
7	VVS Laxman	281	452	3	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001