Greater Noida, Sep 11 (CRICKETNMORE): Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara remained unbeaten on 256 as India Blue declared their first innings for a monumental 693\/6 against India Red on the second day on Sunday of the final of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pujara, who was batting overnight with a 111, hit 28 fours during his big knock as he became the first batsman in the world to score a double century with the newly-introduced pink ball in any form of cricket. ICC T20I Rankings: Glenn Maxwell becomes top T20I all-rounder.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n Pujara and his Saurashtra teammate Sheldon Jackson (134) punished the Red bowlers with a 243-run stand for the fifth wicket as Blue reached 605\/5 when the latter departed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Later, Pujara again paired up with Ravindra Jadeja (48) for a 88-run stand as Blue declared their innings for a huge total of 693\/6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Red, in their reply, got off to a poor start as they lost opening batsman Abhinav Mukund (2) and Sudip Chatterjee (0) in the first over bowled by paceman Pankaj Singh. They reached 16\/2 at the end of the day's play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Earlier in the day, resuming with their team's total of 362\/3, Blue started on a poor note, losing overnight batsman Dinesh Karthik (55) in the first delivery of the day's opening over. Left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan ripped Karthik's stumps apart.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But, Pujara, along with Jackson ensured that they didn't lose the upper hand. Pujara continued from where he left on Saturday, as the duo scored at a fair pace. Red had to wait for the 60th over of the day to separate the pair. ICC to present ICC Test mace to Pakistan skipper Misbah on September 21.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n Jackson, who had scored 105 and 79 not out against India Green in their previous match, scored his 11th century in First-Class cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The double century -- Pujara's 10th in first class cricket -- couldn't have come at a better time as the national selection panel is set to meet on Monday to pick the squad for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Pujara took 303 balls to complete the double century with the help of 21 boundaries. His strike rate during the record knock was in 60s -- a mark of healthy scoring rate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Pujara also got his 10th double-hundred in First-Class cricket, drawing level with Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, and Vijay Hazare. Vijay Merchant (11) is the only Indian to have more first-class double-hundreds than Pujara.<\/p>\r\n\r\n