CA Pujara scored 202 and faced 525 deliveries in the Ranchi Test between India and Australia in March 2017 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	Date
1	L Hutton	364	847	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20.08.38
2	GM Turner	259	759	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06.04.72
3	RB Simpson	311	743	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23.07.64
4	SG Barnes	234	667	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	13.12.46
5	G Kirsten	275	642	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26.12.99
6	A Sandham	325	640	1	Eng	Win	Kingston	03.04.30
7	KF Barrington	256	624	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23.07.64
8	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14.12.28
9	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
10	RM Cowper	307	589	2	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	11.02.66
11	BC Lara	400*	582	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10.04.04
12	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18.12.36
13	ST Jayasuriya	340	578	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02.08.97
14	M Jayawardene	374	572	2	Srl	SAF	Col-SSC	27.07.06
15	Younis Khan	313	568	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21.02.09
16	MA Taylor	334*	564	1	Aus	Pak	Peshawar	15.10.98
17	DL Amiss	262*	563	3	Eng	Win	Kingston	16.02.74
18	RS Mahanama	225	561	2	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	02.08.97
19	BB McCullum	302	559	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	14.02.14
20	Hanif Mohd	187*	556	2	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	27.07.67
21	G Boycott	246*	555	1	Eng	Ind	Leeds	08.06.67
22	TW Jarvis	182	555	2	NZl	Win	Georgetown	06.04.72
23	DSKuruppu	201*	548	1	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	16.04.87
24	AN Cook	294	545	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10.08.11
25	DL Houghton	266	541	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20.10.94
26	BC Lara	375	538	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16.04.94
27	MS Atapattu	201*	536	1	Srl	Eng	Galle	22.02.01
28	HM Amla	311*	529	2	SAF	Eng	The Oval	19.07.12
29	AN Cook	263	528	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13.10.15
30	WL Murdoch	211	525	1	Aus	Eng	The Oval	11.08.1884
31	G Kirsten	210	525	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02.07.98
32	CA Pujara	202	525	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16.03.17
33	CT Radley	158	524	2	Eng	NZl	Auckland	04.03.78
34	MD Crowe	299	523	3	NZl	Srl	Wellington	31.01.91
35	GW Flower	201*	523	1	Zim	Pak	Harare	31.01.95
36	J Miandad	260	521	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	06.08.87
37	GT Dowling	239	519	1	NZl	Ind	Christchurch	22.02.68
38	GN Yallop	268	517	2	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	26.12.83
39	Shoaib Mohd	163	516	2	Pak	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89
40	SChanderpaul	136*	510	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	10.05.02
41	Younis Khan	267	504	1	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05

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.07.64. 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	Date
1	L Hutton	364	847	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20.08.38
2	KF Barrington	256	624	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	23.07.64
3	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14.12.28
4	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
5	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18.12.36
6	CA Pujara	202	525	2	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16.03.17

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	Date
1	WR Hammond	251	605	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14.12.28
2	WR Hammond	177	603	3	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	01.02.29
3	WR Hammond	231*	579	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	18.12.36
1	AN Cook	294	545	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	10.08.11
2	AN Cook	263	528	2	Eng	Pak	Abu Dhabi	13.10.15
1	BC Lara	400*	582	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	10.04.04
2	BC Lara	375	538	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	16.04.94
1	G Kirsten	275	642	3	SAF	Eng	Durban	26.12.99
2	G Kirsten	210	525	1	SAF	Eng	Manchester	02.07.98
1	Younis Khan	313	568	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	21.02.09
2	Younis Khan	267	504	1	Pak	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05

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 .07.2967, while Son Shoaib emulated his father by facing 516 deliveries for his 163 against New Zealand at Wellington in.02.89 – 22 years later

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Hanif Mohammad	187*	556	2	Pak	Eng	Lord’s	27.07.67
2	Shoaib Mohammad	163	516	2	Pak	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89

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.04.04. The following table lists the Indian batsmen who have faced 450 plus deliveries in a test innings.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	CA Pujara	202	525	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16.03.17
2	R Dravid	270	495	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13.04.04
3	NS Sidhu	201	491	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14.03.97
4	RJ Shastri	206	477	2	v Australia	Sydney	02.01.92
5	SM Gavaskar	172	472	2	v England	Bengaluru	09.12.81
6	R Dravid	217	468	2	v England	The Oval	05.09.02
7	VVS Laxman	281	452	3	v Australia	Kolkata	11.03.01