Overview

• Cheteshwar Pujara posted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal letter on X on August 31, thanking him for the appreciation.
• Modi hailed Pujara’s temperament and long-innings discipline, citing his pivotal role in India’s breakthrough Test success in Australia.
• The letter commended his continued first-class commitment for Saurashtra and credited him with helping put Rajkot on the cricketing map.
• Pujara retired from all forms of cricket on August 24 after 103 Tests, finishing with 7,195 runs at an average of 43.60, 19 centuries and 35 fifties.
• Acknowledging his “second innings,” the note and coverage point to Pujara’s early move into broadcast and commentary work.