Cheteshwar Pujara enters elite list with 50th first-class century

Cheteshwar Pujara once again showed why he is the best in the business when it comes to red-ball cricket as his unbeaten 162 alongwith Sheldon Jackson's unbeaten 99 helped Saurashtra reach 296/2 at the end of the first day against Karnataka in Rajkot.

Pujara's knock off 238 balls contained 17 boundaries and a six. He also joined a select group of cricketing greats by smashing his 50th first-class century.

Pujara, joined an elite list of 9 Indians led by Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

The 31-year-old Pujara, who has 18 Test centuries on his credit, is fourth on the list of active players with most first-class centuries behind former England skipper Alastair Cook (65), former South Africa captain Hashim Amla (52) and India's domestic cricket giant Wasim Jaffer (57).