Twitter reactions on Cheteshwar Pujara’s 16th Test century: Twitter was exhilarated on Pujara’s marvelous innings.
During the first day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara put on display a marvelous innings. In which was yet another instance of Pujara standing tall in a catastrophic situation, it saw him scoring his 16th Test century.
Slated to bat at No. 3, Pujara was in the middle at the start of the third over after opening batsman Lokesh Rahul was dismissed cheaply. Pujara saw a flurry of wickets falling in front of him. However, it didn’t deter him.
When Rohit Sharma was looking aggressive, Pujara remained contended with his quintessential style of play. It was his patience which eventually paid off on a track which required the batsmen to wait for their time than play the shots from the word go.
Battling against the fierce Aussie attack, Pujara faced 62 balls before lunch, scoring 11 runs. Another 35 patient runs in the second session saw Pujara holding the key for India in the first innings.
Resuming play post the tea break, Pujara completed his half-century in the 59th over. It was after this point that the opposition bowlers started to looking tired and Pujara gained on the opportunity to accumulate runs.
With Ravichandran Ashwin getting out in the 74th over, Pujara yet again batted with tail-enders to complete a gritty century. On the last delivery of the 84th over, Pujara pulled a Josh Hazlewood delivery to achieve the landmark. In which was his first Test century in Australia, it will go down as one of his best. Pujara also completed 5,000 Test runs in the process.
5,000 Test runs for Pujara in Tests.
12th Indian to score these many Test runs.
Pujara   brilliant innings!