Cheteshwar Pujara, batting on all five days in Test and the unique Kolkata connection

Cheteshwar Pujara achieved a rare achievement in Test cricket during the first match between India and Sri Lanka, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Cheteshwar Pujara achieved a rare achievement in Test cricket during the first match between India and Sri Lanka, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He batted on all five days of the Test. In doing so, he became only the ninth cricketer to achieve the feat. Despite India conceding a 124-run first innings lead, they came agonisingly close to winning the Test. However, this isn’t about that.

Here’s the list of batsmen who batted on all five days of a Test.

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In 2015, Pujara also became an entrant to the ‘carrying-the-bat’ club. He finds himself in this rare list. It is interesting to note that India, England and New Zealand are the only three nations he attained these feats. More weird is the Kolkata connection.

India features in the list four times, out of which, on three instances the venue has been Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Over three decades back, it was Pujara’s national coach, Ravi Shastri who achieved the same feat against the touring Englishmen at the same venue.