Indian middle order batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara entered his name in the list of 4000 test runs club. Pujara made his 50th Test more fertile by achieving the feet of becaming the 3rd joint-fastest Indian batsmen along with Rahul Dravid to reach 4000 test runs in 84 innings. Before the start of the match Pujara required just 34 runs and he achieved the same in 42nd over of the match. Virender Sehwag took 79 innings to achieve the feat while Sunil Gavaskar did it in 82 innings.
Pujara with his 13th century is still on the crease and looking solid and he will enter the crease on 2nd day to convert his ton into 4th double ton and the other end Rahane is also at 103 not out on the crease.
List of Batsmen within a maximum of 100 innings
| Player | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Mat | Inns |
| Don Bradman (AUS) | v England | Melbourne | 01-Jan-37 | 31 | 48 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) | v Australia | Brisbane | 10-Feb-33 | 43 | 68 |
| Everton Weekes (WI) | v England | Leeds | 25-Jul-57 | 42 | 71 |
| Viv Richards (WI) | v Australia | Sydney | 02-Jan-82 | 46 | 71 |
| Jack Hobbs (ENG) | v Australia | Lord’s | 26-Jun-26 | 45 | 75 |
| Wally Hammond (ENG) | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 08-Jan-35 | 47 | 76 |
| Brain Lara (WI) | v Sri Lanka | Kingstown | 20-Jun-97 | 45 | 76 |
| L Hutton (ENG) | v West Indies | The Oval | 12-Aug-50 | 44 | 77 |
| Garry Sobers (WI) | v England | Leeds | 25-Jul-63 | 46 | 77 |
| Leonard Hayden (AUS) | v Zimbabwe | Sydney | 17-Oct-03 | 46 | 77 |
| Virender Sehwag (IND) | v West Indies | Basseterre | 22-Jun-06 | 48 | 79 |
| R Harvey (AUS) | v India | Chennai | 19-Oct-56 | 46 | 80 |
| Steve Smith (AUS) | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13-Aug-16 | 44 | 80 |
| Sunil Gavaskar (IND) | v West Indies | Kolkata | 29-Dec-78 | 43 | 81 |
| KF Barrington (ENG) | v Australia | The Oval | 13-Aug-64 | 51 | 82 |
| KP Pietersen (ENG) | v India | Mohali | 19-Dec-08 | 45 | 83 |
| Javed Miandad (PAK) | v India | Bengaluru | 14-Sep-83 | 53 | 84 |
| Rahul Dravid (IND) | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 29-Aug-01 | 48 | 84 |
| David Warner (AUS) | v New Zealand | Perth | 13-Nov-15 | 45 | 84 |
| Joe Root (ENG) | v Pakistan | The Oval | 11-Aug-16 | 46 | 84 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara (IND) | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 02-Aug-17 | 50 | 84 |
| RB Kanhai (WI) | v India | Kolkata | 31-Dec-66 | 50 | 86 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (IND) | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03-Dec-97 | 58 | 86 |
| Greg Chappell (AUS) | v England | Nottingham | 28-Jul-77 | 49 | 87 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | v West Indies | Multan | 19-Nov-06 | 49 | 87 |
| Mohd. Azharuddin (IND) | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 19-Mar-94 | 62 | 88 |
| PBH May (ENG) | v New Zealand | Auckland | 14-Mar-59 | 56 | 89 |
| ER Dexter (ENG) | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23-Dec-64 | 55 | 89 |
| KD Walters (AUS) | v England | Adelaide | 25-Jan-75 | 52 | 89 |
| Mark Taylor (AUS) | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26-Dec-93 | 50 | 89 |
| Grame Smith (SA) | v India | Cape Town | 02-Jan-07 | 51 | 89 |
| Kane Williamson (NZ) | v Australia | Christchurch | 20-Feb-16 | 48 | 89 |
| Virat Kohli (IND) | v England | Mumbai | 08-Dec-16 | 52 | 89 |
| RB Simpson (AUS) | v India | Melbourne | 30-Dec-67 | 51 | 90 |
| WM Lawry (AUS) | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26-Dec-68 | 50 | 90 |
| AI Kallicharran (WI) | v Australia | Adelaide | 26-Jan-80 | 54 | 91 |
| CG Greenidge (WI) | v England | Lord’s | 28-Jun-84 | 54 | 91 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | v Bangladesh | Multan | 29-Aug-01 | 55 | 91 |
| HH Gibbs (SA) | v West Indies | Cape Town | 02-Jan-04 | 55 | 91 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | 24-Mar-04 | 57 | 91 |
| DR Martyn (AUS) | v England | Lord’s | 21-Jul-05 | 57 | 91 |
| Zaheer Abbas (PAK) | v India | Hyderabad (Sind) | 14-Jan-83 | 56 | 92 |
| Yousuf Youhana (PAK) | v Australia | Sydney | 02-Jan-05 | 56 | 92 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (SL) | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 26-Mar-06 | 56 | 92 |
| TT Samaraweera (SL) | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 26-Jul-10 | 59 | 92 |
| MEK Hussey (AUS) | v India | Mohali | 01-Oct-10 | 53 | 92 |
| Hashim Amla (SA) | v Australia | Cape Town | 09-Nov-11 | 52 | 92 |
| RB Richardson (WI) | v Australia | Port of Spain | 05-Apr-91 | 55 | 93 |
| MD Crowe (NZ) | v England | Christchurch | 18-Jan-92 | 57 | 93 |
| Andy Flower (ZIM) | v South Africa | Harare | 07-Sep-01 | 53 | 93 |
| SM Katich (AUS) | v India | Mohali | 01-Oct-10 | 53 | 93 |
| Azhar Ali (PAK) | v West Indies | Dubai (DSC) | 13-Oct-16 | 50 | 93 |
| JL Langer (AUS) | v England | Melbourne | 26-Dec-02 | 58 | 94 |
| Adam Gilchrist (AUS) | v Pakistan | Sydney | 02-Jan-05 | 65 | 94 |
| M Clarke (AUS) | v Pakistan | Hobart | 14-Jan-10 | 58 | 94 |
| LRPL Taylor (NZ) | v West Indies | Wellington | 11-Dec-13 | 52 | 94 |
| D Compton (ENG) | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 06-Feb-54 | 56 | 95 |
| Geff Boycott (ENG) | v West Indies | The Oval | 26-Jul-73 | 55 | 95 |
| MJ Slater (AUS) | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 05-Nov-99 | 54 | 95 |
| GR Viswanath (INDIA) | v England | Birmingham | 12-Jul-79 | 53 | 96 |
| Mark Waugh (AUS) | v West Indies | Perth | 01-Feb-97 | 60 | 96 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | v England | Adelaide | 21-Nov-02 | 61 | 96 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 12-Mar-10 | 53 | 96 |
| Gautam Gambhir (INDIA) | v England | Nagpur | 13-Dec-12 | 54 | 96 |
| Angelo Mathews (SL) | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 18-Dec-15 | 56 | 96 |
| Collin Cowdrey (ENG) | v Australia | Melbourne | 29-Dec-62 | 59 | 97 |
| Allan Border (AUS) | v West Indies | Georgetown | 02-Mar-84 | 57 | 99 |
| Mohinder Amarnath (INDIA) | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27-Dec-86 | 60 | 99 |
| Mike Atherton (ENG) | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30-Nov-95 | 53 | 99 |
| Michael Vaughan (ENG) | v South Africa | Centurion | 21-Jan-05 | 55 | 99 |
| Andrew Strauss (ENG) | v India | Chennai | 11-Dec-08 | 54 | 99 |
| Clive Lloyd (WI) | v England | Leeds | 22-Jul-76 | 57 | 100 |
| David Gower (ENG) | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 12-Mar-84 | 58 | 100 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 03-Jul-15 | 58 | 100 |
