Overview

• Cheteshwar Pujara retired from all formats in August 2025 after being left out of the England Test series and the Duleep Trophy squads.
• Robin Uthappa said Pujara should have stepped away earlier and asserted that selectors had indicated he would no longer be considered.
• Uthappa described the England tour omission as the final straw and suggested Pujara might have called time after missing an Australia tour.
• Pujara concluded his Test career with 7,195 runs in 103 matches at 43.60, including 18 centuries and 35 fifties, and totaled 21,301 first-class runs.
• His last Test came in 2023 as younger batters moved into the frame, though Uthappa also highlighted Pujara’s renowned work ethic with a 2009–10 training anecdote.