India, May 1 -- Cheteshwar Pujara has 19 Test centuries to his name. Only Virat Kohli has more among players who have made their Test debuts for India after Pujara's entry in international red-ball cricket. Ditto for runs. None apart from Kohli have scored more Test runs for India than Pujara since his debut against Australia in 2010. In terms of matches, apart from Kohli, only Ashwin has played more Tests than Pujara since his debut. In fact, Pujara, Ashwin and Kohli are the only Indian cricketers to have played more than 100 Tests after making their debut in 2010 or later.

Ashwin has retired. Kohli, though out of form in red-ball cricket, is still an integral part of the Indian Test side. But Pujara is currently not in consideration. H...