Overview

• Cheteshwar Pujara announced his retirement from all forms of Indian international cricket, calling the decision a proud moment for him and his family.
• Virat Kohli thanked Pujara on Instagram, saying he "made my job easier at 4" and wishing him well for the next chapter.
• Ravichandran Ashwin said on his podcast that Pujara's contributions were no less than those of Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma and argued his work at No. 3 helped Kohli score many of his runs.
• Pujara finished with 7,195 runs in 103 Tests at an average of 43.60, including 19 centuries and 35 fifties, making him one of India's leading red-ball run-scorers.
• A defining peak came in the 2018–19 Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, where he scored 521 runs and won Player of the Series; he last played for India in the 2023 World Test Championship final before being dropped.