India’s batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara entered the record books when he faced a staggering 525 balls against Australia in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar series earlier this year. Pujara became the first India to face 500 balls in an innings and only the sixth Indian batsman to face 450 balls or more in an innings.
And now that the Test season has resumed once again after four-months of limited-overs cricket, we are taking a look at top 5 longest innings (by balls) by Indian batsmen: