Cheteshwar Pujara scored a chanceless hundred on a rain-curtailed day as West Zone closed in on a win against Central Zone on the third day of the Duleep Trophy semifinal at the Alur (1) cricket ground here on Friday.
Central bowlers kept finding breakthroughs from one end, but couldn’t dislodge an immovable Pujara, who scored his 60th First Class hundred, bringing him level with Vijay Hazare’s tally.
Pujara was eventually run out by Saransh Jain on 133, just before rain put an end to the day’s play with West on 292 for nine and leading Central by 384 runs.
