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'Quite amazed Duracell haven’t approached Pujara yet for a tie up,' Twitter reacts to Cheteshwar's 193

Cheteshwar Pujara registered his highest overseas Test score during the second day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday.

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Cheteshwar Pujara registered his highest overseas Test score during the second day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday.

Pujara scored 193 as he missed out on his fourth Test double hundred by just seven runs when Nathan Lyon dismissed him. 

Pujara had played his brand of all but error-free cricket for more than nine hours at the Sydney Cricket Ground and looked destined to secure a fourth double century of his career only to come up seven runs short.

In the end, the 30-year-old went with a whimper rather than a bang, scooping the ball back down the wicket to be caught and bowled by wily off-spinner Nathan Lyon for 193.

Twitter poured with tributes for India's Mr. Dependable, Pujara, after his stunning knock of 373-ball 193:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India are no one-man show, however, and his erstwhile partner Rishabh Pant kept the scoreboard ticking over with his first half century of the series.

The wicketkeeper-batsman will resume on 88 not out with Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten on 25 at the other end as India look to bat the home side out of a match the tourists only need to draw to secure a first series victory in Australia.

Pujara's centuries in Adelaide and Melbourne went a long way to giving India a 2-1 series lead and his 373-ball innings over the first two days of the fourth test could prove decisive.

The almost chanceless innings featured 22 fours and took his tally over the series to 521 runs at an average of 74.42.

Australia's previous best opportunity to dismiss him had come when he was already on 192.

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