#4 Cheteshwar Pujara is 95 runs away from the 5000-run mark in Test Cricket

Let's take a look at Pujara's current numbers:
Tests 64, Innings 107, Not Outs 8, Runs 4905, Highest 206*, Average 49.54, Hundreds 15, Fifties 19.
Pujara has been the near-perfect replacement for "The Great Wall" Rahul Dravid, ever since he hung up his boots from International cricket.
Pujara has been really consistent at No.3, often playing a pivotal role in India notching up good innings totals.
95 runs more, and he will be the 12th Indian to reach the 5000-run mark in Test matches. In the overall list led by Tendulkar (15921), the others that follow are Dravid (13265), Gavaskar (10122), Laxman (8781), Sehwag (8503), Ganguly (7212), Vengsarkar (6868), Kohli (6331), Azharuddin (6215), Gundappa Viswanath (6086) and Kapil Dev (5248).
Pujara can be the latest entrant in the list, and he has a maximum of eight innings to play, to try and do so within this series itself.
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