Pujara's third triple-century sets up huge lead

It wasn't a personal pursuit. Pujara's innings gave his side, trailing 1-0 in the series, four sessions to force a result in. India A declared 296 ahead, and all three of their quicks delivered an early wicket each before the Guyanese pair of Narsinh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin saw them through to stumps.

Pujara's innings was just the feeling of serenity and calm that the Indian cricket fan needed. Nothing was done in a hurry, not one shot was uncouth. Pujara scored 60 in the first session, happily lapped up the life given to him in the last over before lunch, then hit away 107 of the 142 scored in the middle session, and declared the innings closed at the stroke of tea. A measure of how much in control Pujara was how he let the last man Ishwar Pandey face only three balls in a 5.2-over-31-run unbeaten partnership. He scored 71 off the last 55 balls he faced.

The only Indians now to score three triple centuries in fc cricket are both from Saurashtra - Ravindra Jadeja & Cheteshwar Pujara.