Team India’s right-handed batsman Cheteshwar Pujara broke a 52-year-old Indian batting record on the first day of the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
Pujara, now holds the national record of scoring most runs in a single season. The record previously belonged to Chandu Borde, who scored 1604 runs in the 1964-65 season.
When Pujara reached the score of 83, he surpassed Borde by a run and now has 1605 runs in 13 first-class matches he played this season.
| Player | Matches | Inngs | Runs | Highest | Avg | 100s | Season |
| C Pujara | 13 | 21 | 1605 | 256* | 89.16 | 6 | 2016-17 |
| Chandu Borde | 21 | 28 | 1604 | 168 | 64.16 | 6 | 1964-65 |
| C Pujara | 13 | 23 | 1585 | 352 | 93.23 | 5 | 2012-13 |
| Frank Worrell | 20 | 30 | 1560 | 127 | 57.77 | 4 | 1950-51 |
| Hanumant Singh | 13 | 25 | 1556 | 213* | 74.09 | 6 | 1966-67 |
