Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test matches for Indian national team and Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman who made his first-class debut for Saurashtra in December 2005 and made his Test debut at Bangalore in October 2010.

Cheteshwar Pujara

Personal information
Full name	Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Born	(1988-01-25) 25 January 1988 (age 30) Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg break
Role	Top order Batsman
Relations	Arvind Pujara (father) Bipin Pujara (uncle)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 266)	9 October 2010 v Australia
Last Test	7 September 2018 v England
ODI debut (cap 198)	1 August 2013 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	19 June 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	16
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–present	Saurashtra (squad no. 15 (formerly 16))
2008–2010	Kolkata Knight Riders
2011–2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2014	Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 266)
2014	Derbyshire
2015	Yorkshire
2017	Nottinghamshire
2018–present	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 61* 5 170 94 Runs scored 4,772 51 13,416 4,211 Batting average 50.23 10.20 54.98 55.40 100s/50s 15/18 0/0 44/45 11/27 Top score 206* 27 352 158* Balls bowled 6 – 237 6 Wickets – – 5 0 Bowling average – – 29.20 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a Best bowling – – 2/4 – Catches/stumpings 40/– 0/– 120/– 34/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 7 September 2018

He was a part of the India A team which toured England in the 2010 summers, and was the highest scorer of the tour. In October 2011, the BCCI awarded him a D grade national contract. Known to have a sound technique and the temperament required to play long innings, he was one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order after the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman.

His Test comeback came against New Zealand in August 2012, scoring a century. He made his first double hundred against England at Ahmedabad in November 2012 and followed up with another double hundred against Australia in March 2013, both the times steering India to victory and becoming man of the match.

In the 2012 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, he was the highest scorer with two centuries and one half century. He became one of the fastest batsman to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket in just 11 matches and his 18th Test Innings. He won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2013.

In February 2017, during the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, he set a new record for the most runs by a batsman in an Indian first-class season, with 1,605 runs. The previous record was 1,604 runs set by Chandu Borde in 1964–65. In November 2017, he scored his twelfth double-century in first-class cricket, the most by an Indian batsman, breaking the previous record set by Vijay Merchant. He is regarded as India's Test match specialist.