India, Aug. 24 -- Cheteshwar Pujara announced his retirement from cricket on Sunday, ending his 20-year association with the sport. He last played for India in the 2023 World Test Championship final against Australia at The Oval.

Pujara is most well-known for his contribution in the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where he got his first Test ton in Australia, which came in the opening fixture of the series. Other batters failed around him, but he kept up the ante and took India to 250 in the first innings, registering 123 runs. Then in the second innings, he got 71 in the second innings to seal a 31-run win for India.

In that series, he was the leading run-scorer as he got three tons, en route to 521 runs at an average of 74.42, and fac...