{"id":158617,"date":"2024-10-22T02:06:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/cheteshwar-pujara-creates-history-with-18th-double-century-in-first-class-cricket\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T02:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:06:27","slug":"cheteshwar-pujara-creates-history-with-18th-double-century-in-first-class-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/22\/cheteshwar-pujara-creates-history-with-18th-double-century-in-first-class-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheteshwar Pujara creates history with 18th double-century in first-class cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/01\/PTI01_21_2024_000105B.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cheteshwar Pujara creates history with 18th double-century in first-class cricket\" title=\"Cheteshwar Pujara creates history with 18th double-century in first-class cricket\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : PTI<\/span> Cheteshwar Pujara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/cheteshwar-pujara\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheteshwar Pujara<\/a> might be away from the Indian team but he doesn&#8217;t seem to have given up hopes of making a comeback. He is scoring a truckload of runs in domestic cricket and also features in County Cricket during the off-season. Currently, he is playing for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy and smashed a double-century today in the game against Chhattisgarh.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Pujara came out to bat at number three after losing Harvik Desai early and spent his time in the middle for a staggering 127 overs. The Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot has dished out a flat track with both teams scoring runs for fun. Pujara also made the most of the batting conditions to score 234 runs off 383 runs with 25 fours and a six to his name.<\/p>\n<p>This is his 18th double-century in first-class cricket and has jumped to fourth position in the list of players with the most 200-plus scores in FC cricket. Pujara is the only active player in the top 50 of this list and the next best is former England skipper <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> with nine double tons in FC cricket. Don Bradman, Wally Hammond and Elias Hendren are the only players with the most 200-plus scores than Pujara now in the history of first-class cricket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most double-centuries in first-class cricket<\/strong>    <\/p>\n<div class=\"tableouter\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:500px\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Players<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\"><strong>Double-Centuries<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Don Bradman<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">37<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Wally Hammond<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">36<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Elias Hendren<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">22<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Cheteshwar Pujara<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">18<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">Herbert Sutcliffe, Mark Ramprakash<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td class=\"rtecenter\">17<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>As far as the match is concerned, Pujara&#8217;s knock helped Saurashtra get closer to Chhattisgarh&#8217;s total in the first innings. The latter side posted a massive total of 578 runs for the loss of seven wickets before declaring on the back of a century from their skipper Amandeep Khare. 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