Cheteshwar Pujara: Indian cricket team's veteran batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has been one of the most important players of Team India's Test team. However, at present Pujara (Cheteshwar Pujara) is out of Indian cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara has many records in the name of Team India. Along with this, he has won many matches for Team India with his Test style batting.

Cheteshwar Pujara played so many balls to score one run

Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara faced 54 balls to score his first run in the first innings of a Test match played against South Africa. It took almost 80 minutes for Pujara to score runs. However, Rajesh Chauhan's name is recorded among the players who played the slowest innings for India. Rajesh has made the record of opening the account for India by facing the maximum number of balls. He opened his account after playing 57 balls. India's youngest cricket captain, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, batted for 102 minutes on 84 balls and scored 5 runs in the second innings of the fifth Test match played against England in Mumbai in 1973. His strike rate was 5.95.

This batsman played the slowest innings of test cricket

New Zealand left-arm fast bowler Geoff Allott played 77 balls and batted for 101 minutes in the first innings of the first Test against South Africa in Auckland in 1999. Even after this, no runs came from his bat and he was out on zero runs. Allott did not score any runs, leaving his strike rate at 0. This is considered to be the slowest innings in the history of Test cricket.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi has played the slowest innings for Team India.

India's youngest cricket captain, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, batted for 102 minutes on 84 balls and scored 5 runs in the second innings of the fifth Test match played against England in Mumbai in 1973. His strike rate was 5.95. Former Indian captain and right-handed batsman Rahul Dravid batted for 140 minutes on 96 balls in the second innings of the third Test match played against England at the Oval in 2007 and scored 12 runs with the help of 1 four. During this period his strike rate was 12.50, which is the slowest innings in Indian Test cricket.