Nearly 12 and a half years since he made his first Test appearance in Bangalore in October 2010, Cheteshwar Pujara will join a select band of 12 other Indian cricketers in the Club of 100 during the second Test starting here on Friday.

It’s in the fitness of things that Pujara’s opponents in his milestone 100th Test will be the same side against whom he made his debut. Several of the 35-year-old’s most celebrated knocks have come against Australia, and Pujara will seek to extend his liking for the Aussie attack to commemorate an accomplishment that will be special to him for more reasons than one.