Ranking India's Top 10 Test match winners of all time

7.Cheteshwar Pujara

This man played a central role in two of India’s greatest ever overseas Test series triumphs. The first one occurred during India’s tour of Australia in 2018-19, when the Virat Kohli-led side defeated Australia on Australian soil for the first time. The second one occurred two years later, when they repeated the feat, beating Australia in Australia yet again in a Test series in 2020-21. And, in both of those triumphs, Cheteshwar Pujara was the architect who made it happen.

In India’s series triumph against Australia in 2018-19, Pujara bagged the Man of The Series award, scoring 521 runs. A couple of seasons later in 2021, Australia suffered their first defeat at The Gabba in more than three decades in Tests, and it was the Indian team that humbled the Aussies. And, once again, it was Pujara who was the draughtsman of the victory. He tenaciously faced 211 balls and scored 56 runs in the fourth Test at Brisbane, braving a basketful of bouncers from the Australia pacemen to help India retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

Also, Pujara has accumulated glittering numbers in a win for his country. The Indian batsman has scored nearly 4000(3921) runs in a win, and averages 56.01 in a win, as against his career average of 47.74. Also, 12 out of his 18 Test hundreds have resulted in a win for India. At the age of 33, Pujara is India’s go-to man when a crisis arises. And more often than not, this man will steer his side to safety with the bat in hand.