India’s Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara joined an elite list of batsmen on Monday as he became the 3rd Indian batsman to bat on all five days of a Test match. This was after he took crease during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

The two other Indian who have crossed this unusual milestone are ML Jaisimha and current India head coach Ravi Shastri. The fact that such occurrences are rare in cricket can be estimated from the fact that Jaisimha achieved the feat in 1960 while Shastri did it in 1984. But most Interestingly, all these three knocks have come at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.

Earlier, in the first innings, Pujara came out to bat on a rain-affected day 1 and later went on to slam a gritty half-century. He once again came out to bat on day 4 when Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed almost at the end of the day.

In world cricket, Pujara is now the eighth Test batsman to achieve this feat. Here is a list of others who achieved the rare feat.
1. ML Jaisimha (India)
2. Geoffrey Boycott (England)
3. Kim Hughes (Australia)
4. Allan Lamb (England)
5. Ravi Shastri (India)
6. Adrian Griffith (West Indies)
7. Andrew Flintoff (England)
8. Cheteshwar Pujara (India)